This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. I think many high school students (including myself a few years ago) assume that college is everything they see in movies and television shows. In all honesty, I had no idea...

This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. My first day of college explains many common characteristics of a first-generation college student: I arrived on campus two hours early in case there was traffic. (There was...