first generation college student question

[jmoini]

a pharm school app question:

Are you a first generation college student?

My mom graduated from a foreign university, nothing beyond that.
my dad dropped out of college after 5-7 years of flunking.

my mom has never used her degree nor had it recognized on job applications, etc.

am i a first gen college student?

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[mrblah]

this is a gray area, but I would say you are. The purpose of this question has more to do with whether or not you came from a disadvantaged background than anything else.

 

[sweets7]

I would disagree and say you aren't a first generation college student. If your Mom received a degree then she went to college, whether it be in this country or not, that makes you a second gen college student...

 

[AngelaCL]

I'd say no. Your mom went to a university.

 

[xscpx]

this is a gray area, but I would say you are. The purpose of this question has more to do with whether or not you came from a disadvantaged background than anything else.

I don't think it has anything to do with being disadvantaged. I think its exactly what it says, First generation in college. I have that status and have won scholarships for it, but I was far from disadvantaged. I grew up in a Pleaseantville-like upper middle class neighborhood, went to a ritzy private school, etc...

 

[cdhoward]

I say no as well.

 

[UNMorBUST]

Yes being international does not mean your parents ( mother i this case) did not graduate. It would be like someone with a father who is a doctor in england, then come and say they are first gen. Just because she is not using her degree does not mean she does not have one.