First-Gen 101
What is a First-Generation College Student?
What is a student whose parents did not complete a four-year college or university degree.
What does Commencement mean?
What is Graduation day.
This college campus office provides information to students on billing, grants, loans, and scholarships.
What is Financial Aid?
Which first-gen singer-songwriter wrote the hit song "All of Me"?
Who is John Legend?
Celebrated annually on November 8th, this day honors the achievements and systemic barriers faced by first-generation students.
What is National First-Generation College Celebration Day?
What type of institutions do first-generation students typically choose?
What is community college.
Commuting means...
What is living off campus and traveling to school.
Challenging fears about college costs by informing families about financial aid, scholarships, and grants.
What is affordability?
Before becoming a historic First Lady and best-selling author of Becoming, she was a first-generation student at Princeton and Harvard Law.
Who is Michelle Obama?
This term describes the feeling that someone doesn't belong and has somehow tricked admissions into accepting them without the proper skills or credentials.
What is imposter syndrome?
What percentage of Gen Z students are first-generation?
A. 20% B. 21% C. 25% D. 30%
B. 21%.
What does Dean mean?
The head of a division of a college or university.
What is the difference between Need-Based and Merit-Based Scholarships?
Merit-based scholarships are awarded based on achievements, while need-based scholarships are based on financial circumstances.
This Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, appointed in 2009, often speaks about her experience as a first-generation college student at Princeton.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
What is "Summer Melt"?
When students who intend to attend college after high school do not enroll, often because they fall off track with requirements during the summer.
Nationally, how many undergraduate students are first-generation?
A. 46% B. 56% C. 31% D. 62%
B. 56%.
This professional supports students in their academic, career, and social-emotional development and provides resources for future success.
What is an academic advisor?
What does EFC mean?
Expected Family Contribution — the former FAFSA measure estimating a family's financial contribution toward college costs.
Which first-gen celebrity said, "1st, think. 2nd, believe. 3rd, dream. And finally, dare"?
A. Maria Sharapova B. Ariana Grande C. Walt Disney D. Justin Bieber
Walt Disney.
___ in 5 students do not have access to a school counselor at all during high school.
1
___% of low-income first-generation students drop out of college within the first six years without completing a degree.
89%.
Name a major difference between most high school counseling/advising programs and two- or four-year college counseling/advising offices.
Colleges have specialized offices for specific needs, while high schools typically have one location covering multiple needs.
What percentage of university students were housing insecure in the last year?
51% of community college students.
Which first-gen celebrity earned an MBA and a Doctorate in Education?
A. Mayim Bialik B. Shaquille O'Neal C. James Franco D. Ashley Judd
B. Shaquille O'Neal
What is one major challenge first-generation college students may face when transitioning into college?
Financial pressures/ troubles