By Susanna de Chenonceau, M.Ed. Answer these simple questions to know if you are a first generation college student or not. I receive many requests on my blog post about …
College Tests and First-Gen Students
If you are the first generation from your family to attend a four-year college, aka a “first-gen”, then you will have to take the ACT or the SAT. These are …
7 Resources For First-Gen College Students
There are great resources these days to help students get to and through college. (CollegeMapper wink wink.) However, what you might not know is that a whole set of resources …
What It Means To Be A First-Generation College Student, by Susanna de Chenonceau, M.Ed.
A First-Generation college student is someone who was not RAISED in a home by at least one “parent” figure who attended AND GRADUATED from a FOUR year, accredited, (residential) college …
Why College Transition Programs Are Awesome
Many colleges have first-year transition programs and these are a real asset for students who may need extra academic support and help adjusting to college. These programs come in all …
What Families of First-Gen Students Need to Know
If your son or daughter is the first-generation from your family to go to college, then they (and you) will be forging new territory. But don’t be alarmed or shy …
You Can Go To College
By: Susanna de Chenonceau, M.Ed. Are you interested in going to college? Do you wonder what college is or what it would be like? Do you maybe not even …