Parents' education

physicsboy32
Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:32:53 +0000

“Your parents education and date of degrees will have no impact on the decision made about you, the applicant :-). Don’t sweat the small stuff!”

This is slightly wrong. First generation does make an impact, all be it a small one. And also, if both of your parents have like Ph.D.'s, adcoms will have a better knowledge of your environment, how your parents supported/pushed you, how they could help you with admissions/academics and such.