First Generation Students Go To College

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First Generation Students Go To College

• By JeNae Mitchell

Challenges of a first-generation student from CNN
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First Days of College

• Leaving Home
• Balancing Act
• Financial Worries
• Self-segregation
• Family Obligations
• Difficult Adjustment

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Leaving Home

• Tears
• Fighting temptations to stay
• Saying goodbye
• Not wanting to leave
• Family Separation

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Balancing Act

• Balancing school and family
• Balancing studying and play
• Balancing sleep and awake
• Dividing time with friends and family

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Financial Worries

• Low income family
• Not having a job
• College expenses
• Family expenses

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Family Obligations

• Family income
• Being there for younger siblings
• Support
• Separating family from school

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Difficult Adjustment

• Being away from home
• Being away from family
• Meeting many new people
• College life

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Social Scene

• Knowing someone helps
• Be friendly
• Be outgoing
• Meet as many people as possible

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Be Proud

• First one to go to college
• Being successful in school
• Doing something with your life
• Being Ambitious

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The End!