<p>How do you let the admission officers know that I will be first gen, without seeming like i want pity or anything</p>
<p>The Common App asks about the last grade your parents completed. That makes it pretty obvious.</p>
<p>o lol i didnt even think of that</p>
<p>well your grandparents could have completed college, just cause you parents didnt go; try using that in your personal statements.</p>