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First high school grad in family?
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:36 pm
by uncjtd20
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?
Re: First high school grad in family?
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:53 pm
by im_blue
Sounds pretty shady to me to claim first high school graduate on a technicality, when your parents are college graduates.
Re: First high school grad in family?
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:56 pm
by Nom Sawyer
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.
Re: First high school grad in family?
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:58 pm
by newyorker88
im_blue wrote:Sounds pretty shady to me to claim first high school graduate on a technicality, when your parents are college graduates.
+1
Re: First high school grad in family?
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 3:01 pm
by swooshnke
im_blue wrote:Sounds pretty shady to me to claim first high school graduate on a technicality, when your parents are college graduates.
maybe they got their GEDS?
Re: First high school grad in family?
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:43 pm
by im_blue
swooshnke wrote:im_blue wrote:Sounds pretty shady to me to claim first high school graduate on a technicality, when your parents are college graduates.
maybe they got their GEDS?
Right, they could have graduated college without a high school diploma, through a GED or community college.
Re: First high school grad in family?
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:48 pm
by Dick Whitman
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.