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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...