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uncjtd20
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First high school grad in family?
Pretty self explanatory, I was the first one in my family to graduate from high school, all my parents did end up going to college in their thirties. Is that something I should emphasize in apps?
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im_blue
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Re: First high school grad in family?
Sounds pretty shady to me to claim first high school graduate on a technicality, when your parents are college graduates.
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Nom Sawyer
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Re: First high school grad in family?
Yeah it only works as a soft when your parents didn't get education themselves. As your parents have college educations... you can talk about it, but it won't give you much of a boost at all.
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newyorker88
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Re: First high school grad in family?
+1im_blue wrote:Sounds pretty shady to me to claim first high school graduate on a technicality, when your parents are college graduates.
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swooshnke
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Re: First high school grad in family?
maybe they got their GEDS?im_blue wrote:Sounds pretty shady to me to claim first high school graduate on a technicality, when your parents are college graduates.
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im_blue
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Re: First high school grad in family?
Right, they could have graduated college without a high school diploma, through a GED or community college.swooshnke wrote:maybe they got their GEDS?im_blue wrote:Sounds pretty shady to me to claim first high school graduate on a technicality, when your parents are college graduates.
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Dick Whitman
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Re: First high school grad in family?
Statistically, that's makes you a super-URM, but unfortunately I don't think schools give it the weight they should.
It is probably worth noting in a diversity statement. I would be honest about the particulars; it still makes you stand out from the average applicant.
It is probably worth noting in a diversity statement. I would be honest about the particulars; it still makes you stand out from the average applicant.
