{"id":998,"date":"2017-06-12T07:09:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T11:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=998"},"modified":"2017-06-12T07:10:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T11:10:56","slug":"share-adviceforfirstgen-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/06\/12\/share-adviceforfirstgen-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Share Advice For First-Gen Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_999\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/firstgen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/firstgen-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/firstgen-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/firstgen.jpg 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What should first-generation college students know before they head to campus?<\/p>\n<p>A new social media campaign organized by Better Make Room is encouraging college counselors and others to share their wisdom on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Contribute your own tips by using #AdviceForFirstGen and #BetterMakeRoom in your tweets.<\/p>\n<p>Tips already submitted include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find a mentor.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t forget to renew your FAFSA every year.<\/li>\n<li>When stressed, stop and smell the roses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The campaign launched earlier this month. Organizers hope the tweets will become a source of information and support for first-generation students.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/adviceforfirstgen?vertical=default&amp;src=hash\">View the campaign\u2019s top tweets<\/a> and learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bettermakeroom.org\/\">Better Make Room<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/04\/05\/students-share-your-college-essay-with-the-new-york-times\/mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\"><em>mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What should first-generation college students know before they head to campus? A new social media campaign organized by Better Make Room is encouraging college counselors and others to share their wisdom on Twitter. Contribute your own tips by using #AdviceForFirstGen and #BetterMakeRoom in your tweets. Tips already submitted include: Find a mentor. Don&#8217;t forget to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/06\/12\/share-adviceforfirstgen-students\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share Advice For First-Gen Students<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,10,111],"tags":[230,331],"class_list":["post-998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access","category-college-admission","category-college-completion","tag-better-make-room","tag-first-generation"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-g6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}