Charlene
A Perspective: Being a College-Bound Freshman by Charlene
Name: Charlene
Hometown: San Francisco
College you'll be attending this fall: U.C. Merced
Excerpt taken from article in GOOD, "Beating the Odds: First-Generation College Students Prepare for Freshman Year." Read the full article online at http://bit.ly/p6CPXC.
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Beating the Odds: First-Generation College Students Prepare for Freshman Year
Over the next few weeks, thousands of students will head off to college for freshman year. Given the dismal statistics on high school graduation rates, setting foot on campus is a special accomplishment for students whose parents didn't attend college.
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