<p>Just curious. My father has a doctorate degree in engineering and my mom has a doctorate degree in mathematics and economics. I’m not sure whether this helps me, or will harm my chances because they would proceed to expect more from me. (I’m pursuing computer science)</p>
<p>You’ve been granted the privilege of coming from a home with highly educated parents and likely, of an above average income. Do you think college admissions should treat you the same as a kid from a single parent home whose mom has a GED and works at Walmart?</p>
<p>The answer to your question is that colleges will examine to see if you’ve taken advantage of your opportunities. If the answer is YES, then good. If not, then not good.</p>
<p>Colleges will have higher expectations for you since you are coming from a home where education is clearly important.</p>
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Well, yeah, kind of, but let’s not overstate things. American universities and colleges have tons of students who are the children of highly educated parents. And even America’s elite universities and colleges have tons of students who are the children of highly educated parents.</p>
<p>Will having highly educated parents give you any admissions advantage per se? Definitely not. Because, as T26E4 explained, you’ve already had the advantage of growing up in a household with educated adults. And probably you’ve also had the benefits of good schooling and the extracurricular opportunities that are part of an upbringing that financially comfortable and secure parents give their kids. By contrast, kids who haven’t had all those advantages may sometimes get some forgiveness in college admissions that you’ll never get. But you know what? If offered the choice between the possibility of some slack in college admissions and the stability, safety and advantages of being raised by educated parents, I’d take the bourgeois life every day of the week!</p>
<p>But, will being the child of an engineer and an economist hurt you in any way when it comes to college admissions? Not at all.</p>