<p>You’re right YuhikoJay! Well thnx.</p>
<p>On the CSS Profile, there is a spot where you can put down special circumstances. There are degrees–usually professional degrees–that are not recognized for their intended purpose in the U.S. For example–although these are post-graduate degrees–there are many doctors and lawyers with foreign training working as cab drivers here.</p>
<p>For example–although these are post-graduate degrees–there are many doctors and lawyers with foreign training working as cab drivers here.</p>
<p>And there are US educated engineers working at Home Depot- I know cause my brother is one.</p>
<p>remember that you are attesting the the information that you place on the FAFSA, the CSS profile and your college applications are true. Falsifying information on the FAFSA is a criminal offense, causing you to be ineligible for aid, having to repay any aid paid on your behalf, jail, having your admissions rescinded or you degree revoked.</p>
<p>Willful misrepresentation on your college application is grounds for having your admissions revoked if you have been accepted, getting dismissed if you are a current student, or having your degree rescinded leaving you with a worthless piece of paper once you have graduated.</p>
<p>What you have to lose is nothing in comparison by what you have to gain (in most incidences, nothing).</p>
<p>Keep in mind that you never know where life is going to lead you. You may be in a position where you are applying for a job where security clearance and a back ground check is needed (or you could be applying for the bar). the information will come out and you will be left with nothing.</p>
<p>Back to the other part of the original question, in most cases being first gen has little to no impact on admissions.</p>
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<p>First gen by it self means nothing and gives you no kind of boost in the admissions process. It is usually used in conjunction with other factors: Someone who has done extremely well despite growing up in abject poverty, attending a title I school with a low graduation/credit accumulation rate overcoming hardship. These things are also usually documented by a third party.</p>