<p>I have a student who is graduating from high school in June. Both his parents went to school in another country (in Africa). His dad passed away last year. He is wondering if he would be considered a first generation college student because his parents never went to school in the US. Does anyone know? Thanks</p>
<p>I doubt it. The idea behind first-gen is that the student would be rising to a level of education not attained by his/her parents or grandparents.</p>
<p>I could be wrong, but he / she won’t be a first generation college student.</p>
<p>That is what I am thinking also, but I figured I would ask on here. Thank you both for answering</p>
<p>Yes you are if your mom can’t get credential.
My friend has a father who graduate from 4 years university in Poland.
When they come to the US 15 years ago, he couldn’t find any job in engineering.
They told him to come back to school and repeat his degree.
So he went to UCBerkeley for his BS.</p>
<p>No, the student is not First Gen. First Gen is a designation that suggests that the student wasn’t raised in the type of environment that the children of college educated parents are. It doesn’t matter where the parents went to college.</p>