<p>My parents moved to America from Russia. I will be the first of my family to go to school in America. Do colleges like that?</p>
<p>only if you’re doing very well</p>
<p>First generation means that your parents did not go to college at all, whether it is in the US or Russia.</p>
<p>^ Exactly, or else that would be silly. Most the international applicants would be “first generation”, which wouldn’t work out as an advantage.</p>
<p>i believe that being a URM and being first generation college is very helpful</p>