Parent's Education Info

[GoVegan]

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Both my parents have graduate degrees from another country but in the parental education info it doesn't let you specify. I'm the first in my family to graduate high school in the U.S. let alone finish college and move on to pursue even higher education. I currently have them both listed with "graduate degrees" but I feel it undermines the fact that I didn't have the guidance others do who have parents that pursued higher education in the U.S. Maybe I'm over thinking it, but I don't want to lie and say their education is "unknown" or "elementary" when it isn't.

 

[Canard]

Call AADSAS to find out. Although my father has his bachelor degree and graduate degree from another country, I still put graduate degree. But calling AADSAS is the best way (maximum line I had was 4 and only waited for 3 min).

I am curious to hear about it even if I sent it already.

 

[Lane138]

Why can't you just put graduate school (the truth)? Just because they went to school out of America doesn't mean their schools were crappy or didn't count for anything or that you didn't benefit from it. Mine, in fact, did just that and they were still able to instill in me the desire to pursue higher education.

 

[GoVegan]

Why can't you just put graduate school (the truth)? Just because they went to school out of America doesn't mean their schools were crappy or didn't count for anything or that you didn't benefit from it. Mine, in fact, did just that and they were still able to instill in me the desire to pursue higher education.

As I stated above, I did put "graduate school" for both of them and that I felt putting anything else was lying. I understand that them having degrees did instill me a desire to pursue higher education (not that parents without degrees can't do the same). However, that doesn't take away from the fact that they had NO IDEA how the educational system worked in the U.S. FAFSA, applications, letters of rec, scholarships, SAT, ACT...yeah, I was on my own. I posted this to see if someone who was in the same situation had done something different.

 

[Jackson-Ave-Dental]

Seriously?

I wish my dad had the opportunity to even attend middle school. There is no point playing the pity game because there will always be someone worse off than you in this world. Just be grateful for what you have.

 

[GoVegan]

Seriously?

I wish my dad had the opportunity to even attend middle school. There is no point playing the pity game because there will always be someone worse off than you in this world. Just be grateful for what you have.

Really? Did I say I wasn't grateful at any point? It was a legit question. I think there is a difference between kids who have parents that were educated in the U.S. and kids that didn't. The same way there is a difference between a kid who's parents got less than a middle school education and kids that had parents that went to college. If it didn't matter, then it wouldn't be in the application to begin with.

I swear sometimes people on this site make it so difficult for others to ask serious questions. It's very unfortunate really.

 

[Jackson-Ave-Dental]

It's not a required question to begin with, I doubt it really makes a difference in the long run.

Well... bring it up during an interview if you really believe that it may have contributed to a slightly disadvantaged status as an applicant.

 

[GoVegan]

It's not a required question to begin with, I doubt it really makes a difference in the long run.

Well... bring it up during an interview if you really believe that it may have contributed to a slightly disadvantaged status as an applicant.

It is required. I tried to leave it blank and the application said that I had to enter an answer for education.

 

[Desi Don]

My parents also received their education in foreign country where getting a degree doesn't require a 4 year pre- program like we do in U.S. I put them down as college graduates. Doesn't matter if your parents graduated in a different country, they still had education to support the family, in short they still had skills to pay bills. So in my opinion it should still be considered graduate.

 

[LetsGo2DSchool]

Just answer it the best you can. It's more for statistical reasons than anything else.

 

[GoVegan]

My parents also received their education in foreign country where getting a degree doesn't require a 4 year pre- program like we do in U.S. I put them down as college graduates. Doesn't matter if your parents graduated in a different country, they still had education to support the family, in short they still had skills to pay bills. So in my opinion it should still be considered graduate.

Well, my father's degree was in Cuban History. That along with his lack of English skills didn't get him very far with his degree in the U.S., 🙄. But I get what you're saying, thank you.

Just answer it the best you can. It's more for statistical reasons than anything else.

Will do, thanks.