<p>This is what I heard earlier today:</p>
<p>So there were these two asian boys in the room and thier parents were sitting behind them. There was the weirdest discussion going on. They were arguing that since they had almost the same stats that they would be able to both get into Ivies. But there was a competition between the two boys and they had to find something that could distinguish the two. So one of the them asks the other, "Did your parents go to college?" The other boy answers yes, and then the first boy jumps up for joy. He starts to yell that he has a better chance to get into Ivies since his parents both did not go to college. They are both first generation immigrants. Is this true? I found this to be very interesting and want to see which one of them is correct. </p>
<p>Is it true that the fact that you parents did not go to college make you a better candidate than a person who has the same stats and extracurriculars and who is also first generation, but his parents went to college?</p>
<p>It helps if there is no legacy involved, I believe, but am not 100% legacy>1st generation</p>
<p>But this sucks for me cause my parent have 5 degrees from one of the oldest institutions in the US...
Rutgers :(:(:(:(:(</p>
<p>yea, having parents who didn't attend college helps because then it is assumed that you grew up an environment that doesn't encourage you to attend college as much as the general family.</p>
<p>I have an update. Both of these kids are still arguing about this topic and I just found out that somehow the government in China forced one of the parents of the kid (the one whose parents did not go to college) to go to college and study math. Now for some reason I am even more involved in this than I thought. I told them about thiese posts that I am making and that kid asked me to put this question in the air: Now what if one of the parents was forced to go to college but did not get a chance to use the knowledge that he learned since his family immigrated to France than to the US? </p>
<p>I'll restate: Keeping the situation that was described in the first post in mind, does the fact that one of the parents went to college but did not use that knowledge have an effect on the students application? </p>
<p>If anyone has been wondering, I am a chinese girl.</p>
<p>Well they still went to college and have a degree so the fact that they didn't use their education is their own fault.</p>
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I just found out that somehow the government in China forced one of the parents of the kid (the one whose parents did not go to college) to go to college and study math. Now for some reason I am even more involved in this than I thought. I told them about thiese posts that I am making and that kid asked me to put this question in the air: Now what if one of the parents was forced to go to college but did not get a chance to use the knowledge that he learned since his family immigrated to France than to the US?
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<p>If you went to college (even in another country) you are not considered a first generation student. so based on what you wrote, enither kid is first gen. How do they find out? you sign and attest to everything in your application being true. Misrepresentation can and will be reason to rescind your admission or even kick you out. Do you want to spend 4 years over looking over your shoulder wondering who or if you will be exposed?</p>
<p>Being a first gen, in and of it self is not a big tip factor especially at the ivies. First gen is taken in consideration with other factors; poverty, low income, low performing schools, parents who are underemployed, etc.</p>