<p>My mum attended university, but did not graduate.</p>
<p>My dad attended a polytechnic (kind of like a community college) in England...but he did get a Bachelors.</p>
<p>Do you think I'd count as first gen?</p>
<p>no .</p>
<p>Just curious. Why are people asking whether they’re considered as first gen college-goers? Does it make a difference in the application process or something? Or is it easier or harder to get in if you’re a first generation? THANKS!</p>
<p>Being a FG gives you a slight edge in some schools. Kind of says that you had to work harder to understand the value of higher education.</p>
<p>12% of USC admits are first generation. It only counts when neither of your parents have a post-secondary degree.
I am FG. But I don’t think if will be beneficial for me cause my parents have 200.00+ income, that kind of ruins the idea of a struggling teenager, doesn’t it?</p>
<p>Neither of my parents attended college and I was raised by a single mother with a low income. Just for contrast.</p>
<p>So if my mother went to college but never graduated am I still considered a first-generation? (Also, my father never went to college).</p>
<p>I called admissions about this one. At USC they want to know if you have BEEN to college, not if you graduated, although the common app does ask for your highest degree. At some colleges they specifically ask if you graduated from college.</p>