First Gen | Low Income Students
Below are resources our CPD team has collected to help support First Gen or Low Income Students. You’ll find many more helpful resources in our Handshake Resource Library. Our CPD Career Coaches can also provide additional resources, support, and advice customized to meet your unique interests. Schedule an appointment on Handshake.
If you wish to receive information about career-related events and opportunities and self-identify as a first generation or low income student, please sign up on Handshake (self-identified diversity interests are only accessible by CPD and Thayer ECS staff and all information will be kept confidential).
Access currently offered DEI events in Handshake by clicking here, or use the Filter feature in events and click the label “dei-focused”.
- Dartmouth’s First-Generation Office
- Dartmouth’s First Generation Network on LinkedIn
- Dartmouth Quest Scholars: Connecting high-achieving, low-income students across campus with the goal to increase access to education across the socioeconomic spectrum.
- FYSEP Facebook Group
- First Generation Network: Coalition of first generation college graduates (faculty, staff, and alumni) who serve as a resource pool of professionals with shared experiences for mentorship.
- First Year Student Enrichment Program (FYSEP): Mentoring program for students who are among the first in their family to attend a four-year college.
- First-Generation Alumni Networking Directory: Curated by Dartmouth’s First-Generation Office, this is an incredible resource for those wanting to build their network, meet FG/LI alumni, connect with those in the job field, and much more. All of the featured alumni have expressed interest in connecting with current Dartmouth students.
- Marketing EDGE First-Gen Mentoring Program for students interested in marketing
- America Needs You is a professional organization that fights for economic mobility for ambitious, first-generation college students. They do this by providing transformative mentorship and intensive career development.
- First In The Family provides educational information from first generation college students, for first generation college students.
- The Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) is a national organization that was founded in 1968 to expand opportunities for minority and low-income students to attend law school. Since its inception, more than 10,000 students have participated in CLEO’s programs and joined the legal profession.
- Rise First – Scholarships, conferences, and a handy College Success Road Map you can print and fill out during your time at Dartmouth
- Career Tips and Questions to Ask Your Career Advisor/Coach
- 10 Tips for Finding a Mentor
- Law School as a First Gen Student
- I’m First – An online community with lots of support articles for first gen students
