First-Gen Famous
This former First Lady was the first in her family to attend college and later graduated from Princeton.
Who is Michelle Obama?
Elle Woods heads to this law school in Legally Blonde.
What is Harvard Law School?
You hear everyone saying “FAFSA” and pretend you know exactly what it means. This is what FAFSA stands for.
What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
Your professor says “MLA,” “APA,” or “Chicago.” These are all types of this.
What are citation styles?
Complete this college survival lyric: “Started from the bottom, now we…”
Correct response: What is “here”?
What is “here”?
This Ohio-born singer, known for “All of Me,” attended the University of Pennsylvania and is a first-generation college student.
Who is John Legend?
In A Different World, students attend this fictional historically Black college.
What is Hillman College?
Your professor says, “Come see me during these,” and first-gen students sometimes do not realize this time is specifically set aside to ask for help.
What are office hours?
Everyone else seems to know where to go, who to ask, and what forms to fill out. The unwritten knowledge about how college works is sometimes called this.
What is the hidden curriculum?
This Drake song title could easily describe a first-gen student opening Brightspace Sunday night and realizing four assignments are due.
What is “God’s Plan”?
This EGOT-winning actress and star of How to Get Away with Murder is often highlighted as a famous first-generation college student.
Who is Viola Davis?
The sitcom Grown-ish follows Zoey Johnson as she leaves home to attend this fictional university.
What is Cal U?
This person can help you plan courses, understand degree requirements, and stop you from accidentally adding another semester to your life.
Who is an academic advisor?
Being the first in your family to attend college does NOT mean you have to be this.
What is alone?
This artist attended the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo before his global music career took off.
Who is Bad Bunny?
This actress from Ugly Betty, Barbie, and Superstore attended USC and later completed her degree after leaving school to pursue acting.
Who is America Ferrera?
In The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Will and Carlton eventually attend this fictional college.
What is the University of Los Angeles?
You receive an email saying your “balance is due,” but you do not know whether it means tuition, housing, fees, or financial aid. This campus office is usually the place to start.
What is the Student Accounts/Bursar’s Office?
You finally work up the nerve to ask a professor a question, and they reply, “It’s in the syllabus.” This document is basically the college version of this everyday object.
What is an instruction manual?
What is a user guide?
This Insecure creator graduated from Stanford and later returned to give a commencement speech about belonging and feeling like she deserved to be there.
Who is Issa Rae?
Before encouraging thousands of students through the Reach Higher initiative, this first-generation college graduate used her own story to promote college access.
Who is Michelle Obama?
This 2002 film starring America Ferrera follows a first-generation Mexican American student navigating family expectations and college dreams.
What is Real Women Have Curves?
You are struggling but refuse to ask for help because “I should be able to figure this out myself.” This feeling is common among first-gen students and can keep them from using available resources.
What is feeling like I have to do it alone?
You are the first in your family to go to college, and everyone keeps asking you what you are going to do after graduation. This campus resource can help with resumes, internships, interviews, networking, and career planning before senior year.
What is Student Success and Career Development?
In her Stanford commencement speech, Issa Rae described questioning whether she belonged academically before eventually creating spaces where she felt comfortable. That feeling has a common name.
What is impostor syndrome?