Prospective Students
UT Dallas launched a Living Learning Community (LLC) for first-generation freshman students in the fall of 2018. As part of their participation in the community, students take classes together, including a first-generation student success course, have networking opportunities with faculty and staff, receive mentorship, enjoy cultural experiences, and join in service activities. Not going to live on campus? No problem! Your student experience at UT Dallas can be just as enriching as students who live on campus. In addition to all of the other engagement opportunities on campus, our Division of Student Affairs offers the Road Warriors Program, which connects students with staff and peer leaders who help answer questions related to commuting and host social events for you and fellow road warriors. Regardless of living on or off campus, we encourage all incoming students to consider requesting a mentor. The Office of Undergraduate Education offers one-on-one mentorship to all incoming freshmen and transfer students.
Transitioning to university life is always easier with a peer to guide you! Being first-generation is one of many factors our Freshman Mentor Program and Transfer Mentor Program use to pair new students with successful continuing student mentors. After your first year at UT Dallas, you can then become a mentor for the next class of first-generation scholars. This is one of the many ways we foster our students’ personal development.
If you choose UT Dallas, as a first-generation student, you can participate in the centralized, comprehensive programming for first-generation students whose parents/guardians did not complete a bachelor’s degree in the United States. First-Generation Student Programs offers streamed and recorded presentations on a variety of topics, information sessions, service and social events, and opportunities for students to meet faculty, staff, alumni, and community supporters who are members of the First-Generation Student Support Network. In addition, first-generation students can engage with the Office of Undergraduate Education and other first-generation students through the First-Generation Student Programs online community.
