Preparing for College with AP: Why It Matters, and Why It’s Personal

by digerati | December 10, 2015

This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. I’m passionate about every part of the College Board’s Access to Opportunity work, but encouraging students who have shown the potential to be successful in...

Christmas is (almost) Here!!!!!

by Andrea Haerther, University of Houston, '19 | December 8, 2015

I can’t believe it’s almost Christmas!!! Holidays are kind of my thing, excuse my excitement. The time has flown by this semester incredibly fast. I spent November frazzled and out of my mind trying to finish all of my assignments early, so forgive me....

Liberals Art Education?

by Brenda Angulo, Trinity Washington University , '17 | December 8, 2015

Hi guys! Before the year ends, I just wanted to share something that I was thinking about the other day. Whenever I was in my college search in high school, little did I pay attention to the emphasis that colleges or universities placed in their curriculum. The...

Hangout Recap: I'm On A College Campus…Now What?

by I'm First Administrator | December 7, 2015

  Here’s a recap of the November edition of our Google+ Hangout series. Holiday breaks are coming up and now is a great time to begin visiting college campuses! College campus visits are so much more than looking at all the tall buildings and staring at the...