by George Alvarez | January 28, 2014
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. If you were anything like me, your parents stopped helping you with math homework as soon as you made it to algebra. So how does one find help with something their parents...
by Cindy Arteaga | January 23, 2014
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. As I sit in on family dinners discussing my current goals and future plans, I realize the difference I am making for my family. I have aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents...
by FirstGenerationStudent.com | January 21, 2014
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. When you think about “elite” colleges and universities—the Harvards, Yales, MITs of the world—you probably also think of their huge price tags....
by Matt Rubinoff | January 20, 2014
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. For many first-generation and low-income students, dreams of attending an elite college or university are just that: dreams. Students and their parents fear they won’t...
by Kiki Prottsman | January 16, 2014
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. What is STEM? A lot of schools are throwing around the term “STEM” as if it’s a single subject, like reading or writing. In reality, STEM is an...
by Fabian House | January 14, 2014
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. Two Top Options Deciding on a college was a difficult choice for me because both of the schools I was considering, Wabash College and Taylor University, had what I was...
