<p>My S1 will be 10th, and S2 will be 8th next month.
I have a question about Parents' college education
One has university degree and the other doesn't.
In this case, is applicant considered as First Generation
or not?</p>
<p>No, having at least one parent with a college degree means they are not first gen.</p>
<p>As a related question, does the parent have to be a graduate, or are the students no longer considered first-generation if either parent ATTENDED college. I know several parents that dropped out after first semester of junior college, but they certainly don’t have the “college experience” that college graduates would have.</p>
<p>"they certainly don’t have the “college experience” " </p>
<p>Why not? College is college, whether it was at a junior college or at Harvard. What do you perceive to be the difference?</p>
<p>Why not? College is college, whether it was at a junior college or at Harvard. What do you perceive to be the difference?</p>
<p>I t is generally up to the admitting school to determine what constitutes their idea of first gen college- but it commonly means either or both parents having a BA degree means their children are not first gen college.</p>
<p>If the parents only attended a two year school, or if they attended college and dropped out- those things do not have the same weight of a successful college educated background.</p>
<p>To successfully complete a degree implies the presence of economic resources, academic preparation and a supportive family network, which were possibly not part of the background of parents who do not have a degree.</p>
<p>Thanks. That makes sense</p>
<p>Also, CC gives a skewed view of the importance of first geen. This is something only of interest to a few top schools that can afford to socially engineer.</p>