Twitter Office Hour: What's In A Specialized College?

by I'm First Administrator | October 21, 2014

Thursday, November 6th 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 first-generation college students, those who aspire to be, and everyone who cares about first-gens to meet us on Twitter to ask questions and share answers on important topics using hashtag #FirstGenOfficeHour.

This month, we’ll continue our focus on breaking down some of the types of specialized schools such as HBCUs, HSIs, women’s colleges, military schools and religion-based institutions.

For high school students, this means learning about these specialized schools and seeing if this type of school is a good fit for you!

Who

Our staff, first-gen student bloggers, first-generation college-bound students, their parents, counselors, college access providers, and mentors, and colleges.

This #FirstGenOfficeHour will be co-hosted by the following College Partners:

1. Catholic University of America: @CUAadmissions

2. United States Air Force Academy: @usafa_admission

3. Texas Christian University: @JohnAndrewTCU

4. Meredith College: @MCAdmission 

5. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University: @NCATadmissions

 

When

November 6th, 2014, 7:00pm EST

How to Participate

On November 7th  at 7pm EST, log on to Twitter and follow @ImFirstGen and hashtag #FirstGenOfficeHour! To ask a question or share an answer, add #FirstGenOfficeHour to your tweet!

Q1. What makes your type of university unique?
Q2.  How does your school’s uniqueness aid in making a great environment for students?
Q3.  If a student decides to go to an HBCU, military school, HSI, etc., will they be missing out on anything from a traditional college?
Q4.  Military schools: If a student attends a military school, will they receive financial aid the same way they would at a traditional college?
Q5.  Does a student have to be a certain religion, race, gender, etc. to attend a specialized college or university?
Q6.  Women’s Colleges: Are all the professors, faculty and staff women as well?
Q7.  HBCUs: What are  the benefits of non African-Americans attending an HBCU?
Q8.  What type of learning opportunities will a student receive at a specialized school that they won’t receive at a traditional college?
Q9. What type of first-gen/low-income/minority program does your specialized school have to help support students?
Q10. HSIs: How can a student tell if a college is a Hispanic-serving institution?
Q11. Religion-based Institutions: Are religious classes incorporated into the required classes for students?
Q12. What’s the diversity like at a specialized school? Will students be able to meet students from different backgrounds and cultures?

Share This! 

Follow @ImFirstGen and help us promote the Twitter Office Hour using the following sample tweets:

@ImFirstGen is hosting #FirstGenOfficeHour starting Thurs, Nov. 6 at 7pm EST! Be sure to join us! http://bit.ly/1uob2QE

Are you #firstgen and planning for college? Join @ImFirstGen on Thurs, Nov. 6 at 7pm EST for #FirstGenOfficeHour http://bit.ly/1uob2QE

#firstgen college student or care about them? Join @ImFirstGen on Thurs, Nov. 6 at 7pm EST for #FirstGenOfficeHour http://bit.ly/1uob2QE