<p>Neither of my parents got a bachelor's degree, but my grandmother got her Master's. Does this disqualify me from saying I'm a first generation college student? Normally, it only says parents on applications, but I'm not sure...</p>
<p>If they ask whether your parents graduated from college, then it seems as if they didn’t. If they ask whether you’re the first generation in your family to attend college, you know the answer.</p>
<p>On the Common App, one must only fill out his or her parents’ levels of education. Since your parents did not go to college, you will be considered first gen.</p>
<p>OP is not a first gen college student. To say otherwise is untrue.</p>
<p>Is the question about whether parents went to college or whether they graduated?</p>
<p>The question, as it applies to college applications, has to be about attending college.</p>
<p>How could high-school students applying to college say with confidence that they represent the first generation of their families to graduate from college? That presumes a bit much.</p>
<p>And I completely agree with Erin’s dad: the OP is not first-generation, and to say otherwise is untrue.</p>
<p>What if only one of your parents just got their associates? You wouldn’t be considered first gen, would you?</p>
<p>(That being the highest form of education throughout family history)</p>