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"I want to go to X university because I want to join a sorority," said a 17 year-old male student when doing a presentation on a university that interests him. As a first year counselor in a new charter school that serves a great number of first generation students, I hear these kinds of statements quite often. While this specific statement can be easily fixed with a brief explanation on the differences between fraternities and sororities, this statement does highlight a more intricate problem/challenge for first generation students: the lack of opportunities for engaging in informative conversations about college.

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"I want to go to X university because I want to join a sorority," said a 17 year-old male student when doing a presentation on a university that interests him. As a first year counselor in a new charter school that serves a great number of first generation students, I hear these kinds of statements quite often. While this specific statement can be easily fixed with a brief explanation on the differences between fraternities and sororities, this statement does highlight a more intricate problem/challenge for first generation students: the lack of opportunities for engaging in informative conversations about college.

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