Does this qualify as a hook?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm confused - does my situation qualify as a hook, or does it provide me with any sort of edge?:</p>

<p>My dad went to a local community college in Kolkata, got a BA degree in 14 years of education. No further education after that.</p>

<p>My mom graduated from high school. No college graduation or degree.</p>

<p>Will this situation count as a hook or provide me with any advantage? I understand first gen college students surely get an advantage, but I'm like a partial first gen. Or something. LOL.</p>

<p>So, will I get any sort of edge or advantage over one parent having gone to college and the other not?</p>

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<p>Since one of your parents got a BA, you are not first generation to college.</p>

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<p>Thus there’s no even partial advantage since the other did not?</p>

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<p>There’s no such thing as partial first gen. You are the second generation in your family to attend college.</p>

<p>Here’s a government publication from the National Center for Education Statistics:</p>

<p><a href=“http://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/98082.pdf[/url]”>http://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/98082.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>A 14 year Kolkata BA from India is the equivalent of an Associates Degree from a junior college in the US. Each university has its own definition of a first gen. Check with the school to which you are applying if they consider an Associates Degree first gen. The government’s definition and a college’s definition of first gen can be different. Most of the time, if parents do not have a 4 year college degree, the kids are considered first generation by colleges according to the Dean on this wesbiste:</p>

<p>[Scholarships</a> for “First Generation” Students - Ask The Dean](<a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/000187.htm]Scholarships”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/000187.htm)</p>

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<p>I think CC should abolish the word hook…</p>

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<p>LOL: CC has auto censoring for certain obscenities. They could add hook to that list!</p>

<p>Sorry Nexus: you just have to apply as your plain ol’ self! Best of luck to you</p>

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<p>That’s a splendid idea, but I have a lot of other candidates for a banning, too: prestige, passion, *crapshoot <a href=“I%20think%20entomom%20once%20suggested%20that%20one%20to%20me”>/I</a> and lower Ivies spring to mind.</p>

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<p>Sikorsky, you forgot public Ivies.</p>

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<p>And Little Ivies ;).</p>

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<p>Also upward trend.</p>

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<p>…and community service hours.</p>

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<p>Hook is definitely one that should get a row of ****'s. My personal favorite…“and I’ll chance you back”.</p>

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<p>Ah, yes. Another way of saying, “I can’t evaluate my own prospects, but I’ll be happy to evaluate yours.”</p>

<p>In defense of the kids who do that, I will concede that the whole process of college admissions is crazy-making. But all this “chancing” is evidence of the widespread insanity.</p>