<p>I'm a single dad who never completed college. My ex-wife did go to college for nursing, and has a RN's license. Would my son be considered 1st generation college or not?</p>
<p>I've had full custody since my son was young, if that matters.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any advice.</p>
<p>I'm actually wondering about a similar issue. I'm going to be the first one in my family to graduate high school. However, my father got his GED and graduated college and my mother got her GED and went to college for a bit. I also have an older brother who didn't graduate high school and isn't going to college. How would this factor into admissions?</p>
<p>Also, neither of my parents were immigrants.</p>
<p>If you will be the first one to complete college and receive a Bachelors degree you are first gen.
So Acar123, you are not since your father graduated college.
But sketchy, your son would be.</p>
<p>Depends on the college...the government says</p>
<p>The federal regulation definition of first-generation is in Sec.402B(6)g1(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<a href="http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/PPI/Reauthor/index.html)%5B/url%5D">http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/PPI/Reauthor/index.html)</a>. It says:</p>
<pre><code>* (A) an individual both of whose parents did not complete a baccalaureate degree; or
* (B) in the case of any individual who regularly resided with and received support from only one parent, an individual whose only such parent did not complete a baccalaureate degree.
</code></pre>
<p>Some colleges use the definition: students whose parents never attended a four-year college or university.</p>
<p>I asked the same thing in another thread.</p>
<p>Yeah, sketchy, your son would probably be considered first generation, since you alone have raised him. I, however, would not be considered as much at most colleges, as I've been raised by two parents, one of whom has a bachelor's degree.</p>