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Adam Echelman CalMatters Across California’s public colleges and universities, one nearly universal admissions factor — first-generation status — is still up to debate because no one can agree how to define it. The phrase “first-generation college student” is about the education level of a students’ parents and it’s a...
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Cuando comencé en Stanford este otoño como estudiante universitaria de primera generación, automáticamente sentí una inmensa presión. Sentí la necesidad de demostrar que merecía mi lugar, especialmente cuando Observé a mis compañeros, muchos de los cuales provenían de entornos acomodados y ya tenían impresionantes pasantías preparadas para el verano y...
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When I first started at Stanford this fall as a first-generation college student, I automatically felt a sense of immense pressure. I felt a need to prove that I deserved my spot — especially as I looked at my peers, many of whom came from affluent backgrounds and already...
Adam Echelman CalMatters Across California’s public colleges and universities, one nearly universal admissions factor — first-generation status — is still up to debate because no one can agree how to define it. The phrase “first-generation college student” is about the education level of a students’ parents and it’s a...
Cuando comencé en Stanford este otoño como estudiante universitaria de primera generación, automáticamente sentí una inmensa presión. Sentí la necesidad de demostrar que merecía mi lugar, especialmente cuando Observé a mis compañeros, muchos de los cuales provenían de entornos acomodados y ya tenían impresionantes pasantías preparadas para el verano y...
When I first started at Stanford this fall as a first-generation college student, I automatically felt a sense of immense pressure. I felt a need to prove that I deserved my spot — especially as I looked at my peers, many of whom came from affluent backgrounds and already...