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So I am an only child (no brothers/sisters), and my parents did not attend college or receive a college degree. By AMCAS's strict definition, I am a first-gen college grad and an EO-1 SES disadvantaged applicant.
However, most of the people in my parents' families have attended college, including my grandparents. When I attended college, my own parents did not have much clear guidance to give me, and they really didn't understand how college "works". However, I didn't feel like a first-generation college student, because I was expected to go to college, and doing so wasn't unusual for my family.
On one of the secondary applications (Michigan) the question is asked: "Is your generation the first in your family to earn a bachelor's degree?" I want to answer NO, because I consider my family to include everyone up to my grandparents and even great grandparents. Would this be correct?
However, most of the people in my parents' families have attended college, including my grandparents. When I attended college, my own parents did not have much clear guidance to give me, and they really didn't understand how college "works". However, I didn't feel like a first-generation college student, because I was expected to go to college, and doing so wasn't unusual for my family.
On one of the secondary applications (Michigan) the question is asked: "Is your generation the first in your family to earn a bachelor's degree?" I want to answer NO, because I consider my family to include everyone up to my grandparents and even great grandparents. Would this be correct?
