#First Generation College Students

[zenaidamacrouras1]

I supervise a lot of interns, but first generation college students are my favorite to work with because I understand how much they are carrying that's just not like the others.

I love being a supervisor that can say, "you know lots of young middle class people get support from their families vs being a young person who has to support their family." I can mention that feeling when you don't fit in back home because you seem snobby but you don't fit in at work or school either because you're too working class. How you're never doing enough for your family and you're never doing enough for school or your job and you're missing opportunities and disappointing everyone.

It honestly took till I was an adult and married a middle class person to see how much my middle-class peers in college and young adulthood did not have to caretake for sick relatives or send money to their parents so they don't get evicted, or figure how to open and use a bank account on their own, and all the other labor that so many of us first-generation students carry.

All while trying to compete with kids who have been told their whole life they belong here.

Anyway, I love you first-generation college students. I hope you all get supervisors who are suitably blown away with how you're dancing backwards and in high heels.

[urbanventures]

This year’s cohort of Act Six scholars learns they are going to college! Watch as high school students learn they are receiving the Urban Ventures Act Six scholarship, and going to college debt-free.

[brooklyn-alley-ratcat]

I genuinely need to know which it is because we have the Christmas party coming up and all of us are going to give him a trophy for being out of pocket but we need the best one to tell new hires about.

[undermine-the-instinct]

Yeah yeah, college is great and all, but what do you mean you dont know what a protaganist or an antagonist is? What do you mean you dont know what a hyperbole or simile is???

[meowmedusa]

looking at the clock and going "oh. i didn't. even realize it was past 8pm." and its not funny or cool its just unbelievably concerning

[a-passing-storm]

guys what if i told you i fucked up college so badly already

[luvalkyrie]

hey so this is completely out of left-field seeing as i rarely post on tumblr but! i need help funding my next semester at college.

i’m a first generation college student who is studying criminology and legal studies in hopes to be an attorney in the future focusing specifically on family law. i chose family law as something i want to focus on because i want to help kids who don’t have voices of their own! i want to represent kids who have no representation of their own, especially when it comes to immigration cases (since it isn’t a civil matter, the govt legally doesn’t have to appoint them a lawyer so many times there are kids who have to represent themselves in a foreign country for their right to stay here or even see their parents)

due to mental health issues and trauma that caused me to lose focus in school, i lost the scholarship that was paying for majority of my schooling. i’ve gotten a lot better and was seeing a counselor at my campus that was helping me through everything. not to mention that the college i’m going to has given me an incredibly safe place away from home and i want to do everything in my power not to lose that. i have plans set in place and schedules set in place that will help me focus more on my studies and dedicate more time to them.

if you can please share or donate.

[takekawa]

another college meeting(?) today and i think art club there ALSO coincides with my schedule WHEEEEE. universe loves me putting it in the 2 hour gap i have between classes on mondays

[soupthatistohot]

i do plan on continuing my bsd re-read eventually, hopefully this month bc i should have a bit more time to devote to stuff that isn't school/work now... theoretically. if not, i'll definitely continue it over the summer tho!!!

[eduequity]

[scarletcomet]

if my boss asks I might just say fuck it and tell them it's depression at this point

[solace-seekers]

guess who just found out they’re in the honors program at their college because of orientation dates!

[brooklyn-alley-ratcat]

Homesick

I think a part of me will always be homesick.

I miss the comforter I used all my life, the footsteps of my grandpa in the hallway as he left for work, the coffee machine being turned on at 5 am, the dogs that barked at first light.

The neon green I painted my bedroom walls, the trampoline in the backyard, the cracks in the driveway, the bird nest in the rafters of the front porch.

The giant magnolia tree outside my bedroom window, the frogs that croaked on the window ledge, the whirlybirds that spun in the wind, the hiss of the water hose when washing cars.

The neighbor mowing his lawn at 7 am on Saturday, the smell of barbecue on the grill, the family swing by the shed, the daffodils that grew in between the fences, the decals for every holiday we hung on the windows, the cds we played when swimming.

I miss it, goddamn do I miss it.

The memories of my childhood home make me fall to my knees when I let them wash over me.

I grew up there, that house saw me grow up long enough for me to leave.

I don’t think a house will ever feel the same as that one did.

I don’t think know I’ll never stop being homesick for my childhood.

[wrmz]

one of my professors is going crazy with assignments right now and they're like things im sure he doesn't even know how to do

[collegecoward]

Hello There. I have recently acquired info on this discussion website....I am needing of assisted understanding on how to fill out scholarships and where to find certain websites for proper funding from school. I am a first generational student, and my family has already ran out of money for me to go to school...Woman by the name of Heidi sent me....If this is Jennifer Hernandez's I say to you hello! Along with an sos I really need assistance.

Hi! Thanks for reaching out, and congratulations on your first-generation college journey! I know it can take a lot of work to get there.

Here's some general advice/resources to find different types of scholarships and websites with scholarship search engines and tools that match your information to scholarships you might be eligible for. When you say, "how to fill out scholarships," do you mean essay writing, or just the applications in general? I know some of these applications can be long/complex!

Feel free to email me at collegecoward@gmail.com with more specifics.

[door23]

I love being a first-gen college student and I’m so proud but sometimes it sucks. Wtf do you mean I have to “apply” for graduation??? What is that. Did I not apply to graduate here when I decided to go to school here? I did all the work of getting here and I payed every step of the way and you gave all my professors shitty pay and now I’m supposed to just go along with all the meaningless extra fees? I feel like I’m walking through a haunted house and at every other turn there’s some unexplained or unexpected bureaucratic boogeyman that I can only dispel with at least 5 emails and $100.