Given that over half of interns are offered a full-time job after the internship ends, it’s important to view your internship as if it is an extended job interview. During the internship, the employer observes your competencies, including not only... Read More

If this summer is the first opportunity to experience an internship in a field or career you might want to pursue, you may be wondering what to do as it comes to an end. Of course, you’ll want to exceed expectations... Read More

This is the time of year students are engaged in their summer internships, and we are recruiting coaches and getting ready for the next cohort of FirstGen Ahead students. It is a time of building capacity and setting the stage... Read More

By Victoria Livingston, Rising Senior, Boston College How do you handle feeling like you are undeserving of your success? If you are continuously fearful of being “found out,” no matter how much you have done, no matter how much external... Read More

Amanda Duffy is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and for the past one-and-a-half years, she has been enthusiastically serving as a FirstGen Ahead coach for a student who dreams of becoming... Read More