num_pages: 80
description: If we can do it, so can you! That's the message sent to students in this advice book, written with college students who were the first in their families to go past high school. It's tough to aim for college if other family members have not--so this book offers the kind of encouraging, practical guidance that an older sibling would give. Inspiring stories of the diverse student contributors--who end up at institutions from community colleges to elite universities--combined with warm and well-organized counsel and checklists.
language: English
title: First in the Family: Advice About College from First-Generation Students; Your High School Years
titlecomplete: First in the Family: Advice About College from First-Generation Students; Your High School Years
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Next Generation Pr