Visiting Campus
This article is published in the 2014 I’m First Guide to College Visiting Campus No matter how many brochures you read or websites you visit,…
A Household Name in Admissions Committee
For the past few years you have molded your schedule to incorporate various extra-curricular activities, delegated hours upon hours to the studying of your course…
Rethinking What It Means To Be Smart
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. Growing up, I knew I was smart; I had the test scores to…
Recommend Me!
Recommend Me! Recommend me! Whether it's college or job applications, letters of recommendation are somehow always hard to come by. But it's important to keep…
Take advantage of every opportunity, wisely
When you begin your college journey, you will be tempted to partake in everything and anything happening on campus. Unfortunately, you are only granted 24…
Math is God? Whaaa?
In the midst of an intense Calc II assignment, I hear the words "soulless" and "math" brought up in a conversation in the dorm. My…
Impressions and Habits
Hey I’m First students! This is Carlton and today I want to talk to you all about habits and their connections to impressions. When we…
Myth or Pre-requisite.
College is the first time many first-years have absolute freedom. Not only are freshmen free from their parent’s curfews and mandated household chores, they are…
The Personal Statement: Your Experience, Your Story
As many of you are preparing to apply to colleges, you are revising your personal statement. Unlike your transcript, resume, and recommendations, your personal statement…
Your College Search: By the Numbers
This article is published in the 2014 I’m First Guide to College Your College Search: By the Numbers By Emily Anderer I was woefully uninformed…
The Unwelcomed and The Unexpected
About a month and a half ago, a day before I left for Brown, I was playing a nice, relaxing game of pickup soccer. My…
#FirstGenOfficeHour Recap: College Admissions 101
On Thursday, October 2 we hosted a Twitter Office Hour with 29 of our College Partners. We continued our focus on beginning the college journey…
Twitter Office Hour: College Admissions 101
Thursday, October 2nd at 7:00p.m. EST Join us for our monthly Twitter Office Hour. On the first Thursday of every month at 7:00pm EST, we’re inviting…
From Freshman to Senior, A Reflection
Looking back on freshman year I remember a very nervous, timid, and anxious Nahomi. Coming to such a big school was definitely something I was neither…
How to Survive the First Weeks of College!
Hello everyone, so I have been a college student for a few weeks! I am going to be honest the few weeks have been a…
So what happens next?
It's been about three weeks since my senior year at the University of Rochester has begun. It's been a great time so far. I've been…
Graduation is Near– but first, Senior Seminar
Just as many seniors graduating soon, I have to complete a few milestones in order to graduate. One of these milestones is senior seminar. Senior…
Wow! Free college counseling for first-gen students
That's right! Yesterday we announced a new partnership with our friends at Chegg to bring free college counseling to first-generation college-bound students across the country…
Opportunity Knocks: Open House, Fly-in & Visit Programs, Part II
Click here to view the October Special Edition Opportunity Knocks newsletter featuring Open House, Fly-in & Visit opportunities at: George Washington University, Washington, DC, Your…
Meet the new I'm First Bloggers!
We’ve selected 10 awesome first-year college students who beat the odds to become the first in their family to attend college as winners of the…