<p>I'm just wondering what percent of the applicants are 1st generation and if there are any benefits for being 1st generation (in regards to admissions)? And if so, what are they?</p>
<p>wait, first gen? you mean like non legacy? if you arnt legacy, then you have a disadvantage to the legacied, but most of us dont have legacies, so dont worry, but dont expect any benefits from being a first gen...oh wait! you mean first gen college student! um, that will count like you are an urm or something (it wont help as much as if you were an urm) but it will have a similer effect.</p>
<p>what if you are first gen urm and low-income :P
that will help?</p>
<p>oops yea.. I meant 1st generation to go to college... :)</p>
<p>I'll be applying as a URM/first generation...</p>
<p>First generation definitely helps. Yale is starting a major effort to diversify the socioeconomics of its classes, so low income could help, depending on the circumstances. For instance, if your parent were a lawyer working for legal aid making $25K a year, I don't think think there would be a "low income" boost from that because you're coming from a household where people have acheived a high level of education.</p>
<p>Here's a Yale Daily News article about attempts to recruit low income applicants:</p>
<p>First gen helps. I notice that people with college-educated parents tend to have a natural advantage in terms of stats and performance, and if someone is able to achieve similar accomplishments without college-educated parents, it is looked at more favorably.</p>