The chapter analyzes the stories of the 50 social scientists who donated their testimonies to this book, focusing on their access to undergraduate training. It aims to understand what motivated them to study for a degree in the social sciences and how this decision was articulated with the class conditions of their families. It also analyzes how the gendered character of inequalities in higher education impacts family expectations. The debate is framed by Bourdieu’s concepts of class strategies and cultural capital and complemented with an intersectional perspective. Delving into the empirical results, the chapter analyzes how women decided to pursue higher education, showing that this decision impacted the reproduction and/or reconfiguration of both class trajectories and family gender mandates. The text also draws on the role of the female figures who supported or inspired the interviewees and the conflicts linked to their access to higher education.