First-Gen Back-up

Question 1

First-generation college students include students whose parents might have dropped out of college

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

What is the median age for first-gen college students?

Accepted Answer

24

Question 3

How many professors in the Sociology department are first-gen?

Accepted Answer

1/3

Question 4

1st-gen students are more committed to their education than continuing gen students in terms of academic achievement

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

First-gen students are more likely to choose careers to give back to their communities.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

What percentage of college students in the US are first-gen?

Accepted Answer

50%

Question 7

Which of the following were first-gen college students: Oprah, Walt Disney, Samuel L. Jackson, Albert Einstein

Accepted Answer

Oprah Winfrey, Samuel L. Jackson, Walt Disney, Albert Einstein

Question 8

What percentage of first-gen students attend private universities (like BYU)?

Accepted Answer

7%

Question 9

First-gen students are more likely to have a mentor.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

What percentage of first-gen students attend community college?

Accepted Answer

50%

Question 11

How many 1st-gen BYU faculty/staff/admin have volunteered to participate in BYU's employee/1st-gen student ally program?

Accepted Answer

42

Question 12

The first-gen drop-out rate at BYU is higher than the national average.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

BYU has a first-gen retention rate of __ percent.

Accepted Answer

87%

Question 14

According to the director of admissions at BYU, 1st-gen students have equally competitive applications as non-1st-gen.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Last fall, there were about __ percent of first-gen freshmen and first-year transfers enrolled on campus.

Accepted Answer

9% (up from 6%)

Question 16

_% of 1st-gen students say they want to give back to their communities, as opposed to _% non-1st-gen students.

Accepted Answer

61, 43

Question 17

Which of the following is not a tip that Michelle Obama shared with first-gen students?

Accepted Answer

Only try college if you did well in high school.

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