First-Generation Students

Hope College Community Groups

• First Generation Student Union

Scholarships 

• First Generation Scholarships for College Students
• 40 Great Scholarships for First-Generation College Students
• 9 First Generation Scholarships to Help You Pay for College
• GRE Fee Reduction Program: ETS provides the GRE^® Fee Reduction Program for individuals who can demonstrate financial need, for those who are unemployed and receiving unemployment compensation, and for national programs that work with underrepresented groups.

Publications

• Programs for First-Generation Students
• I'm First!: Resource to provide students who lack a family history of higher education with inspiration, information and support on the road to and through college.

Professional Organizations

• FirstGEN Fellows: First Generation Social Justice Leaders: A ten-week summer program for undergraduate students who are the first in their immediate families to attend an institution of higher education, and who are passionate about pursuing careers in social justice.