#FirstGenOfficeHour Recap: What's In the Financial Aid Process?
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All About the Benjamins!: The Financial Aid Process
January is here and the time has come to begin completing the financial aid process. You may have heard about this part being long,…
Twitter Office Hour: What's In the Financial Aid Process?
Join us for our monthly Twitter Office Hour. While our chats are usually the 1st Thursday of each month, this time, on Tuesday, Jan.…
How to Turn Professors' Feedback into a Plan for Success
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. Working in a writing center, I often help students try to understand their…
Recovering from Finals
To begin, I hope everyone has had an amazing holiday break. Christmas is definitely a time to be thankful and giving and reflective about what…
Thinking about what it means to go abroad
Hi friends. I want to first start by apologizing for not having written in several months… I’ve just returned from India, where the internet connection…
First Semester of Senior Year
Actually didn't suck as much as I thought it would.. Sure, classes were hard, readings were a bit long, I was a bit lazy, but…
And Thus Ends Round 1
As I'm typing this, I've been home for about three days. My finals started the first day (last friday) and I had three in a…
The Grand Finale
I think it is safe to say that no one, regardless of social standing, ethnic background, or economic status, enjoys sitting at a desk for…
When Life Happens
I'm sure some of you have noticed that I have not been blogging as much as I usually do. This is because life has happened;…
Never too late to give thanks!
Hey guys! How are you doing? I hope that everything is well and that you are ready for the holidays :) Although Thanksgiving has already…
Did I do enough this summer?
I sit in class listening, or not listening to my math teacher ramble on about mean, median, and mode and how statistical math is all…
Motivated, Not Stressed
Last week marked the end of classes for my junior year of college. I only have three more semesters. This is unreal. Hold on, let…
Finals Week
One of the most stressful parts of college are finals. It’s the one week where the only thing you do is study all night and…
Finals finally finished!
Finally, finals are over! After a semester of trials and tribulations, college students across the nation are tested with this final obstacle. We are asked…
Being A First Gen and African American in College
I thought that my problems stopped with only being a first generation student, but this semester It's been a little more difficult for me because…
On the Road to Success
Senior year is halfway done, but are those college applications? Remember that although these essays may take forever to write, know that they are all…
The End Times Are Nigh: Finals and the College Experience
I'm a fourth year senior now, so I like to think that I know what to expect out during finals week. Winter has pretty much…