<p>The whole</p>
<p>where were your parents born, where do they work, what degree do they have</p>
<p>What is the whole purpose of that entire section</p>
<p>I can't understand how any of that is important in the application process</p>
<p>I guess they want to see if you’re a first generation student or can get a scholarship from the place your parents work? I’m not sure either!</p>
<p>Colleges want info about your upbringing to give context to your achievements. Consider student A who says she grew up w/o a father (unknown) and mother works as at Walmart, was an immigrant from Haiti. The student attends a blighted inner city school but pops out a 4.0 GPA, works at Burger King and gets a 31 ACT.</p>
<p>Compare another Sudent B whose father is an engineer (PhD from Purdue) and mother is a JD from NYU. Their income is about $600K per year – she attends an affluent HS and is a varsity Lacrosse player and has photography as a hobby. She’s a 4.0 student, has plush summer internships and a 33 ACT.</p>
<p>Can you understand why student A is more attractive than Student B?</p>
<p>^^lol; unless, of course, the college in question is need aware…</p>