#FirstGen

Lauren Petrullo

laurenpetrullo

I am now Dr. Petrullo, and #PhDone! (a thread) Today, I successfully defended my PhD. As a #firstgen college student, this felt impossible & still feels surreal. I want to

FirstGenScholars

1stGenScholars

Let’s talk about working ridiculous numbers of hours a week in grad school. First, don’t do it. You will burn out. You won’t succeed if you burn out. Most of

thoughtsofaphd

thoughtsofaphd

PSA: Take a BREAK between undergrad and graduate school. Trust me, you'll need it. I didn't take a break. I dove right into a Masters from undergrad and then I

Paul Shafer

shaferpr

It is a gut punch to hear from other #firstgen students, like I was, and those underrepresented in academia who don't know the hidden curriculum and don't get mentors who

Melanie Sage 💻👨‍👧‍👦

melaniesage

People ask me, how do you use #AcademicTwitter in a way that results in friendships, presentations, publications, grants, etc? Networking here is a lot like elsewhere, but I do have

Cesar Padilla, M.D.

TheMillennialMD

Then vs now. 15 yr old me, 0.67 GPA, nearly dropped out, surviving gangs and violence. Now - Harvard fellowship trained, Medical Director. The same boy and fight in me.

Dr Torrey Creed

torrey_creed

I see many women with PhDs, EdDs, and PsyDs and #allies who are rightly disgusted by the misogynistic way .@DrBiden was treated in the .@WSJ op-ed. Looks like we agree

Tom Le

profTLe

Recently my family became the faculty-in-residence at Pomona College. It's a big deal not just because of the opportunity to get to know students at a deeper level, but also

Jenny Rickard

JennyCommonApp

Recently I shared what #CommonApp members can do to help students - esp. #firstgen and low-income students who’ve been impacted the most this year - better mitigate the impact of

Tom Le

profTLe

Typical #firstgen things - especially if you're the oldest and before the Internet1. Instead of your parents helping you with college apps (especially essays; you know what it is), you're

Monica C. Bell

monicacbell

I woke up today thinking about cultural capital in elite educational settings. I'm always inspired by @tony_jack's work, but today I was thinking about grad school/law school context. If you're

Isabelle Cote

isaluciecote

With end of the Fall semester often comes applications to MA programs. But this process can feel very opaque, esp if you are #firstgen or #maturestudents who has been out

Christen #Democracy❤️🤍💙 Rexing (she/her)

christen_rexing

There was a Tweet asking which was your most influential class in college. I really had a hard time thinking of one class. As a #firstgen student, the opportunity to

Chris Martine, PhDuh

MartineBotany

I have been asked to serve as an external reviewer for two #tenure cases this week. One of the ways I was asked is really problematic IMO, & an especially

Marie-Pier Poulin

mp_poulin

Very happy to share my first first-author paper, from my undergrad research - https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7165! This work was done in close collaboration with @clermont_jeanne, mentor extraordinaire, and under the supervision of

Monica Aswani

Monica_Aswani

I have a #hiddencurriculum talk I give to students applying to grad school. It covers a variety of topics, such as how to ask for a letter of rec, that

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