first gen question Forum
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first gen question
can i claim first generation college graduate if my parents only have trade certificates? mother has a certificate from ITT she got in the 80s, but no associate/bachelors. dad has nothing. i always considered this to mean college degrees (4 year, really).
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Re: first gen question
yes, if there's space to clarify then write something like "first in family to have graduated from four-year college" or something like that.uygiugiyugyugk wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 9:27 pmcan i claim first generation college graduate if my parents only have trade certificates? mother has a certificate from ITT she got in the 80s, but no associate/bachelors. dad has nothing. i always considered this to mean college degrees (4 year, really).
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Re: first gen question
there wasn't. i just put high school as their highest education since thats when they stopped formal schooling. mom dropped out of college and got a certificate/non-degree.talons2250 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 9:30 pmyes, if there's space to clarify then write something like "first in family to have graduated from four-year college" or something like that.uygiugiyugyugk wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 9:27 pmcan i claim first generation college graduate if my parents only have trade certificates? mother has a certificate from ITT she got in the 80s, but no associate/bachelors. dad has nothing. i always considered this to mean college degrees (4 year, really).
dad actually has a cosmetology license he got from barber school, which obviously i didnt indicate either.
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Re: first gen question
You're fine, a trade certificate isn't a degree. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
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Re: first gen question
thanks. I indicated both of them as "High School" for highest education level. I guess for mom I could have put "some college" (I think she did a few months before dropping out). I asked specifically if she had an AA and she said no. This was just in a bio section asking about my parents. so i just went with what they actually completed (HS).
i didn't think certificates count as "highest education level" either.
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