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A Tribute to the First-Generation College Student Identity
Over the course of these past three years, I have realized that what I am most thankful for is being a first-generation college student. Being the first in my family to attend college has motivated me far more than anything else to achieve my goals in life. Although...
Who To Properly Thank During the Thanksgiving (and College) Season
It’s very easy to take credit for all of your accolades. Got an A on the hardest exam in all of academic history? You earned it. Excelled on your test scores? You worked for it. Got into college? You deserved it. It’s only natural to be proud of achieving success, and...
HOME FREEE…..almost
Having reflecting on this past academic year—on its late nights, existential crises, and applications—one factor found itself atop the list of stress; the insistent, unyielding nagging of where I was applying, what my top choice school was, and what I wanted to study,...
Where School Turns Education
Spoken word poet, Denice Frohman, once said in a performance "The first time I read a book by a Latina author was in college. The wind in my chest stood up. It had been 18 long years of textbooks filled with everything but me. For the first time, my body knew a world...
Explore Free College Counseling with InstaEDU
On Nov. 14th at 5pm EST, we hosted a special edition of our Hangouts, focusing on the awesomeness of our new partner, Chegg, and their virtual counseling service, InstaEDU! As a registered student on ImFirst.org, you have access to up to FIVE free hours of virtual...
Giving Thanks
Do you have people in your life that you just want to give thanks too? Well, I do have people that I am thankful for in my life. These people mean the world to me and I probably would not be where I am today because of these people. I am thankful for my teachers in...
Old Home, New Home
During your first year of college, there are going to be these weird times when you're out with some new friends, and you say, "Let's go home guys," referring to your dorm. In that moment, you might feel a little awkward, because you probably still think of the...
Thankful Blessings
Freshmen year is almost halfway over and I will soon come home and eat my mom's amazing Mexican dishes and reunite with old friends. However, I am so happy to say, that college has been treating me so well, that sometimes I forget that I am more than 1,000 miles away...
All Aboard the Struggle Bus
We are in the thick of application system, and we suddenly find ourselves married to our laptops. Hmm, on the subject of laptops let me tell you a horror story that I think a lot of people can learn from. Let me begin my horror story by admitting that I am not the...
The Time is Approaching..
Ahhhh the fall... A wonderful time of year, unless you happen to be a high school senior going on countless college tours and pulling your hair out as you begin each new college application. But fear not! Although application season is in full gear, you have to...