TABLE 4.

Exemplar quotes regarding CIP

Students engage in CIP	Example quote
Students conceptualize who they are.
Students are shaped by their stories (e.g., familial experiences, school experiences, cocurricular experiences).	Also, we took, back in Africa, that’s probably like 2009 or something—we took this field trip to the forest. We were experiencing nature and all of those surroundings and all that, it was just really beautiful, a beautiful Saturday. I love nature.—Isaac I mostly come from a science background. My parents and my family are all in science, and I started learning through that way.—Vajra The biggest experience for me in science would be junior year [Advanced Placement] biology. I went into that class thinking that I was going to ace it because I love biology so much, but little did I know that I would struggle a lot in biology because I’ve never taken biology before and I just started biology. I struggled a lot in that class.—Hala
Students have socially constructed identities that impact their lived experiences.	[I put Latina as my top identity] because my dad is from Brazil. He’s an immigrant, so like it’s really important to me. I go to Brazil every year. I speak Portuguese. I studied there many times so it’s important to me.—Valeda
Students conceptualize who they want to be.
Students have clear long-term goals and aspirations.	Long term, hopefully getting through the pre-med track and you know and end with a strong [GPA] and get into medical school.—Yasar
Students reiterate short-term goals related to long-term goals.	[The] short term goal is to pass all of my classes with A’s, you know. Doing well on the midterms, or the finals I should say, because I’m at that borderline risk, you know. I’m working on them.—Yasar
Students do not report clear long-term goals and aspirations.	I don’t really have a future goal right now, but I’m taking psychology class right now with biology, so the biology we can relate to ­psychology.—Henry