First-Generation
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First-Generation
What I Wish I’d Known as a First-Gen Graduate Student
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First-Generation
5 Tips for First-gen College Students
![Photo of Hector Grande posing for a photo at EPIC. He wears a black, red, and white shirt and black jacket as he gazes to the left amidst mechanical equipment. Photo background has is stylized with a burgundy filter and text on screen reads "My First-Gen Story"](/files/2022/05/ft-22-1253-HECTOR-010-636x425.jpg)
FIRST-GEN
My First-Gen Story: Hector Grande
![Photo of Malika Jeffries-EL, a College of Arts & Sciences associate professor of chemistry and associate dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, a Black woman wearing an orange sweater and black pants, smiling as she stands on a side walk along Comm Ave. The background has a sketchy, crimson overlay and the words "My First-Gen Story" are behind her in white font.](/files/2022/01/FEAT-option-1-first-gen-21-1593-JEFFRIES-029-636x425.jpg)
FIRST-GEN
My First-Gen Story: Malika Jeffries-EL
![Composite image of six first gen students, from top left clockwise: Tima Dasouki (Pardee’22), Richard Boylan (COM’22), Cheyenne Bailey (SPH ’21), Eduardo Gonzalez (LAW, 2021), Ana-Gabriele Benghiac (MED’22), and Chinamere Igwebuike, (MED'2022)](/files/2021/04/feat-newbury-first-gen-636x425.jpg)
FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS
“This Is My Stepping-stone.” 553 BU First-Generation College Students Welcomed into Honor Society
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First-Generation Students