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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, there are first gen groups, also academic support centers for most subjects like writing, languages, math.[/quote]

Maybe but honestly I wasn’t first gen but was much closer in experience to their high school education — with my rural high school and parents who attended a school like University of Baltimore and had admin jobs with our rural county rather than the UMC or even LMC who attended elite and magnet schools.

But I would feel like a fraud going to get help intended for FirstGen.

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I understand. It's especially hard when you don't feel like you fit perfectly with a group. But in reality, these groups are quite diverse.

First gen and Low income mean different things depending on the specific context in which a kid grows up. At the core, it's about being "under-resourced" compared to the majority of their peers at the school. It's not a monolithic group, and my guess is you would have fit in really well!

It's very hard to reach out proactively, but my sense is that the adults who run the FirstGen/LowIncome programs at these schools are by definition caring, empathetic, and supportive. Many of them had similar experiences to yours. Nobody is there to judge - they're there to help!

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