What's the criteria for "first generation college" as a hook?

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<p>I am not certain it is not a hook for the right candidates (high academic achievement with low SES and if URM all the better), especially when schools like Yale and Penn are trumpeting numbers exceeding 12% for first gen.</p>

<p>There are school districts like Houston Independent School district which are building entire programs around this concept to push kids through into many of the CC darlings at the top end.</p>

<p><a href=“EMERGE / What is EMERGE?”>http://www.houstonisd.org/Page/112999&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Although it says underserved communities, it goes without saying that the low income status is tied to the lower education levels of the parents in a majority of these cases.</p>