<p>hi everyone. </p>
<p>i was wondering what exactly is the definition of first generation?
my mom attended college outside of US while my dad didn't go to college at all.
Also, my sister is currently at a very selective university. </p>
<p>So, am I considered first generation? Since I received scholarship apps for first generation & my counselor told me that i'm considered as first generation (b/c siblings don't count?!) </p>
<p>thank you.</p>
<p>Not sure, but as far as I'm aware siblings don't count. In every other aspect they're the same generation as you so I don't see why this would be any different. The only problem may be the fact your Mum went to college. I don't know whether an international college education would count. It really should, because it's still a college education, but someone else'll have to answer that one.</p>
<p>You are not first generation because your mom attended college.</p>
<p>Honestly, I don't get why people think it matters whether or not it was in the US. It still means she knows the college process and has put an academic emphasis on her and your life; therefore you've had an advantage your whole life.</p>
<p>I agree with Randombetch. First generation would be someone like me - my mom never finished 8th grade, and my dad completed high school. This was not unusual during the depression. My mom loved school and was forced to go to work by her parents. That said, they both valued education and my brother and I were raised with the assumption we would go to college.</p>
<p>yeah. that's what i thought too. until my counselor told me otherwise.
i never thought i was at an disadvantage, i was just surprised/confused abt the definition of first generation.</p>
<p>Yeah, by your counselor's logic, a kid whose family had been attending Oxford and Cambridge would be "first-generation."</p>
<p>My brother went to college but my parents did not...so am I first generation?</p>
<p>lol. wmmk. yeah. :)</p>