<p>is being a first generation college student at all comparable to being a URM? how do Yale and other impossible to get into schools consider it?</p>
<p>You’ve got to have the goods to get in, but 1st generation helps a little.</p>
<p>I don’t think it helps as much as people think.</p>
<p>It plays a big role for admissions into Dartmouth. About 15% of those admitted to Dartmouth are first-generation college students.</p>
<p>On “ask the dean” this was stated:
Question: Why do college applications ask where my parents went to college, and will it help me or hurt me that they went to small, little-known state schools?</p>
<p>The main reason that applications ask this question is to give admission officials a bit more insight into where you</p>