First to Go

Season three focuses on the choices of several graduating seniors, many of them the first in their families to apply for college. Many of the episodes explored the students’ conflicting feelings about leaving home and family members behind while they pursued their individual goals.

This documentary focuses on Emily Tay, a first-generation Burmese immigrant and basketball superstar at Harvard University who strives to play professionally in Europe and who struggles to “come out” to her family about her sexuality. Tay also attended an elite private high school in Los Angeles.

This movie stars Nick Cannon as Devon Miles, a talented but stubborn drummer who earns a scholarship to play in the band for a fictional Historical Black College in the South. At first, Devon struggles to meet the expectations of the university and the band but ultimately finds his place at the institution.

Joshua Jackson stars as Luke McNamara, an overachieving working-class student at an Ivy League institution who decides to join a secret society in hope of gaining acceptance and financial support to attend Harvard University Law School. Luke struggles to maintain his relationships with his local townie friends, his “outsider” peers at college, and the brothers in his society.