by Jim McCorkell | May 2, 2013
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. Growing up, my parents dreamed that my siblings and I would become college graduates. Although I worked very hard toward this goal, there was no way for me to do it on my...
by Amy Baldwin | April 30, 2013
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. Part 4 of our Study Skills Series. Whether it’s a quiz or an end-of-semester, cumulative exam worth 90 percent of your overall grade, we all suffer from a little test...
by David Beard | April 25, 2013
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. College often begins with “orientation week” because the rest of your first semester is a series of disorientations. The move into a dormitory was especially...
by Amy Baldwin | April 23, 2013
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. Part 3 of our Study Skills Series. It’s a well-known fact that most people fear speaking in front of their peers more than they fear death. There is, then, a good...
by Teresa Heinz Housel | April 18, 2013
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. When I was an undergraduate at Oberlin College in Ohio, students could secure an internship during the summer between their junior and senior year and reasonably expect to...
by Amy Baldwin | April 16, 2013
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. Part 2 of our Study Skills Series. College reading doesn’t have to be waiting-for-paint-to-dry boring. In fact, it can be enlightening and even fun! However, before...
