how do colleges know if you're a first generation student or not?

entomom
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:07:36 +0000

If one of your parents went to college in India and the college isn’t one of the common app scroll down list, does it count?



Yes, college counts wherever it was. First generation refers to first generation in your family to go to college, not first generation to go to college in the U.S.