Fail to Plan and Plan to Fail

by Dave Lacroix, Dartmouth College , '19

Hello World! My name is Dave Stael Lacroix and I am currently a Freshman at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. So far, College has been off to a fast pace! I was a part of the first generation student program at Dartmouth College known as FYSEP( First Year...

Plan ahead….

by Ysabel Cueva, Stonehill College , '17

I remember being a freshman and constantly wondering where I would be after college graduation and what did I have to do to get there. Every time the thought came into my head I pushed it away by telling myself that it was only my freshman year and that I had plenty...

Scheduling Around Your Syllabi

by Tiffany Tapia

This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. It’s that time of the year when college students are dreading going back to the routine of waking up early to attend class. For first-year college students, this can...

Announcing 2015 I'm First! Scholarship Winners

by I'm First Administrator

We’ve selected 9 awesome first-year college students who beat the odds to become the first in their family to attend college as winners of the 2014 I’m First Scholarship. Scholarship winners receive a $1,000 four-year, renewable award and blog here to chronicle their...

Introducing LJ

by Lazarus Valenzuela, Occidental College, '19

Hi friends!!! I originally made a video introducing myself to y’all- but I’m not with my computer right now and I’m too excited to wait (I’ll upload it later, I promise)!! For now, however, I guess you’ll just have to settle for an...