Finding the Right Support

by Matt Rubinoff

This article is published in the 2014 I’m First Guide to College Being the first person in your family to go to college is a pretty amazing accomplishment. It’s a new journey. As you prepare to step foot on campus, you’ll experience a whirlwind of emotions....

College Partner News: Bowdoin Honors 1st Gens and Their Families

by Krista D'Amelio

Great read on I’m First College Partner Bowdoin College (ME) and how they honor first-generation college students and their families with their annual “First-Generation Lunch”. During the lunch, first-generation faculty, students and families took...

On the 4th day of Christmas, CSO gave to me…the chance to break free

by Ashley Roberts, Illinois Wesleyan University, '13

Of course CSO has helped me financially, but it is been so much more than that. CSO and the people there have helped me by believing in me, and telling me that I do have a chance. Obviously I am the first in my family to go to college, but that also means I am the...

Introducing College Class of 2015 Bloggers!

by Matt Rubinoff

We’ve added 10 fresh(men) faces to the blog for the new school year—all beat the odds to become the first in their family to attend college and began their first semesters this fall! They join our original 20 student bloggers, now college sophomores and juniors,...

Juniors

by Leah Jean-Louis, Swarthmore College, '14

ATTENTION: High school juniors get your act together. Sure you have all the time in the world right? Wrong. Time goes by fast and you don’t want to rush through one of the most important forms of your life. Start early please! Make a solid list of the schools that...