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

stillnadine
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 09:25:33 +0000

It’s an advantage that offsets the advantages children whose parents went to college have: parents who may understand the admission process, SATs, may have connections with colleges and larger incomes, paid for SAT prep, sent their kids to camp or support their athletic endeavors. The education level of a parent is still the best indicator of how well a student will do in elemenatry/high school school. Of course, there are exceptions and the child who succeeds, dispite having parents without college educations, may gain some small advantage at admissions time.