Myth or Pre-requisite.

by Lauren A. Mayo, University of Georgia, '15

College is the first time many first-years have absolute freedom. Not only are freshmen free from their parent’s curfews and mandated household chores, they are free to eat whatever they want, whenever they want. This newfound freedom from the dinner table often...

The Personal Statement: Your Experience, Your Story

by Xavier Husser, Boston College, '18

As many of you are preparing to apply to colleges, you are revising your personal statement. Unlike your transcript, resume, and recommendations, your personal statement is the only opportunity you get to tell your story to colleges and explain why you deserve to be...

Your College Search: By the Numbers

by I'm First Administrator

This article is published in the 2014 I’m First Guide to College Your College Search: By the Numbers By Emily Anderer I was woefully uninformed when I began my college search. Living in Utah, I knew about most of the universities in my state but very little about...

The Unwelcomed and The Unexpected

by Steven Shi

About a month and a half ago, a day before I left for Brown, I was playing a nice, relaxing game of pickup soccer.  My old teammates were about to leave for their colleges for the start of their soccer seasons; it would our last game together for the year.  We set up...

#FirstGenOfficeHour Recap: College Admissions 101

by Krista D'Amelio

On Thursday, October 2 we hosted a Twitter Office Hour with 29 of our College Partners. We continued our focus on beginning the college journey and helping first-gen students proudly proclaim, “I’m College Bound,” by learning about some key parts of the college...