King’s College student calls out her peers on TikTok for asking how many houses she has

Student at King’s College London has called out her peers on TikTok for asking how many houses she has.

Adja, shared a video on TikTok titled “Crazy Things People Have Said at My Russell Group Uni,” where she recounts a series of questionable experiences during her first term at King’s College London.

The video garnered more than 30,000 likes and nearly 175,000 views.

One incident involves a fellow student asking her: “Why do you have a job?”, to which Adja explained that her motivation for working is to easily afford luxuries like shopping and going out.

However, she stated that she wanted to see how the student would react if she responded with “Because I need the money,” a reality that resonates with many students.

This garnered the replies: “Whatever makes you happy,” and “My dad said that he’d rather just pay me than I go out to get a job”

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Some people are so socially unaware it’s crazy #kingscollegelondon #kcl #russelgroup #russelgroupuni

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.Another scenario took place at a student society event. During the after-party, a girl asked Adja where she lived in London. Adja mentioned that she lived in a relatively “good” area, to which the girl responded with apparent disbelief, repeatedly suggesting a less affluent suburb, assuming that Adja couldn’t possibly mean the area she had mentioned.

Even after Adja corrected her, she said the girl continued to express shock, despite Adja’s clarification that she had lived there for several years.

In another interaction, which Adja expressed comedic sentiment towards, she shared with her peers at King’s that she had visited Belgium over the summer break. In response, a fellow student casually remarked: “Oh, I have a house in Belgium!”

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What began as a typical conversation quickly escalated as the girl continued to list nearly 10 other countries where she claimed to own property, proceeding to ask: “So, how many houses do you have?”

Adja explained that she only had her housing in London, where she currently resides, and in Senegal, her home country, leaving the other girl visibly confused.

She then spoke about another experience from a lecture at King’s, where she was sharing a story about an awards evening at her school. She clarified that her school is a state institution, though it has close ties to local private schools.

As she was explaining the story, a fellow student remarked, “Until I was 16, I thought everybody went to a private school.”

Adja concluded by noting: “I don’t think it’s healthy to live in a bubble where you believe your experience is everyone else’s.”

A number of people commented on the TikTok, with one user saying: “I go to KCL too and it was such a huge culture shock seeing so many rich people, and then me coming from a sixth from in the trenches of East London.”

Another had a similar experience, adding: “A guy from my sixth form who’s currently in uni, his parents a bought an £800k mansion near the uni he goes to, rather than him going to student accommodation.”

King’s College London, in 2024, held the title of the top Russell Group university for social mobility. The university reports that 48 per cent of KCL’s UK undergraduate students meet at least one “widening participation” criterion.

Additionally, 39 per cent of King’s undergraduates come from some of the most disadvantaged regions in the UK. KCL also highlights that it invests £10 million each year in needs-based bursaries, offering more bursaries than any other Russell Group university in London.

However, as displayed through Adja’s tales as a King’s fresher, bunching together students from such economically diverse backgrounds doesn’t come without some class clashing.

Featured image via @itssadja on TikTok