Seven Weeks. Seven Things You Actually Need to Know.
This course runs the summer before your first college semester. Each module takes about 45 minutes and covers one domain of the first-gen experience: not theory, not inspiration, but practical information you can use immediately.
College Expectations
The unwritten rules, syllabi, office hours, professor relationships, and what nobody tells you before the first day.
Campus Resources
Financial aid, tutoring centers, counseling, food pantries, and how to actually walk into an office for the first time.
Financial Literacy
FAFSA, award letters, loans vs. grants, budgeting on a student income, banking basics, and scams to avoid.
Essential Life Skills
Grocery shopping, laundry, health insurance, leases, and managing adult life without a manual.
Academic Success
Note-taking strategies, study schedules, managing deadlines, and beating imposter syndrome.
Career Preparation
Resumes, LinkedIn, internships, networking without feeling awkward, and what employers look for.
Emotional Resilience
Homesickness, code-switching, mental health, coping strategies, and the work of belonging.
Built for First-Generation Students. Built to Last.
If you're the first in your family to go to college, you didn't get the unofficial orientation: the dinner-table conversations about how college actually works, what professors expect, or what financial aid really means. This course is that conversation.
It's fully asynchronous and designed to work on your phone. No account required. No deadlines. Start whenever you're ready.
7
Modules
~45
Min per module
$0
Cost
Yes
Mobile-friendly
Ready to start this wonderful journey?
Head to the Start Here page to read the syllabus and get oriented, or jump straight into the modules whenever you're ready.