I am a first generation college student. When filling out the applications and contacting schools for information, I was very much on my own. I had no mentors for this and my mom did the best she could to help. Late at night, we took turns typing away on the old school typewriter and hoping like hell we wouldn’t mess up and have to break out the whiteout to fix a correction on an application. Yes, I went to college before the internet or email was a “thing” and essays and answers were typed out or written by hand. We did get email about two years later though… I applied for quite a few schools and to be honest, I […]