Some of my friends’ parents are college professors and teachers, and they conduct some research using their resources and guidance. So basically they have more opportunities and access to research projects. I’m wondering does it matter? Because we do need to write the careers of parents and the colleges they are working.
Thank you for your answers! They will be really helpful.
@Yiko Yes it matters. In the US, having parents who can help arrange research projects is helpful in college admissions.
Thank you for you answer! But the thing that we are worrying is that the AOs will think that students depend on parents too much and are not rely on their own power to find those resources.
A lot of schools like to have parents who can “make things happen “. That means they’re able to pull strings for the school too.
I used to work in research. I don’t know of any high school kid who could arrange a research project on their own without some sort of connection.
okay this is helpful, thanks a lot!
It can also matter the other way, in that many schools give a bump to first generation college students.
I see it differently. Kids who accrue better research or internship experiences based on their parents’ obvious connections or manipulations are missing the part where they envision and pursue opps on their own. It can be suspect. Often is. (Yes, it’s possible for a kid to do on his own.) Adcoms may not have proof, but it could lessen the impression. Same with some elite prep schools that actually find these for students, rotate kids in and out of fancy sounding research.
I doubt Mom getting the kid a project at her college convinces adcoms she will pull strings for the kid’s target college, too. Different situations or needs. OP seems to be talking about high school work, what a hs kid can do, not the nature of UG work.
Right that’s true.
That’s true as well. Thanks but how to make AO less suspect if kids actually do by their own? that seems a bit unfair if kids actually did on their own