Announcing 2015 I'm First! Scholarship Winners

by I'm First Administrator

We’ve selected 9 awesome first-year college students who beat the odds to become the first in their family to attend college as winners of the 2014 I’m First Scholarship. Scholarship winners receive a $1,000 four-year, renewable award and blog here to chronicle their...

Miss New York USA Aims to Empower First-Generation College Students

by Matt Rubinoff

When twenty-two year-old Thatiana Diaz was named Miss New York USA 2015 in January, it wasn’t her first crowning moment. A child of Dominican immigrants raised in Queens, N.Y., Diaz graduated Magna Cum Laude from Pace University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts...

Hangout Recap: Understanding Your Financial Aid Award Letters

by I'm First Administrator

Check out  the recap of our March edition of our Google+ Hangouts! You’ve completed your college applications and submitted your FAFSA to all of your schools and have even been accepted to a few. That’s awesome! Now is the time to focus on understanding and comparing...

Following Your Heart

by Danica Drezner, Boston University , '17

Valentines Day.. Only a few short weeks away and recently I cannot help but to find myself completely and overwhelmingly elated. Before you confuse this jubilance with love, I’ll have you know that this excitement is actually built up from all the new and...

Hangout Recap: All About the Benjamins: The Financial Aid Process

by I'm First Administrator

January is here and the time has come to begin completing the financial aid process. You may have heard about this part being long, stressful and scary. And to be honest, that can be true. However, it doesn’t have to be! On Wednesday, January 14th at 4pm EST we...