Sumeet Samos and the Trolls: First-Gen Learners Use Fundraising Platforms For Education ‘If scholarships are not there for us, should we not go to these universities?’ Unable to get any scholarships or funds to pursue his double masters at Oxford University, Sumeet Samos, a young student from a Dalit community, decided to give fundraising a chance. What he did not know at that point is that the members of his community and others would fulfil his dream of going to Oxford within four to five hours. “By the time I got an unconditional offer from the university, a lot of scholarship offers had gone. I could not apply to some because of my age and the fact that I was doing my double masters. The Odisha Government assured me of help but refused after four weeks. I had no other option but this, and it turned out to be successful,” he said.