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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why have we decided to wave a wand and fast track first gen status? For generations, plenty of immigrants worked in menial jobs and worked their way up. God knows in our family, that was the case.

If a student is stellar and happens to be first gen, then great. I would not want to see a repeat of when our  parents and grandparents were *blocked* from great universities even when they were stellar. But a fast-track JUST because of first gen status? Instead, how about filling the universities with our best and brightest regardless of their "story."
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First-gen students are typically attending big, underresourced public high schools, and are navigating the daunting college application process without parental guidance. So, it is pretty impressive when they are top students.

Kids getting in from poorer schools are at the top of their classes. A kid from the bottom of the class at such a school isn’t getting in anywhere. If you’re at such a school, you have to be top 5% of the class even think about applying to a top college. Top 20% or 25% of the class won’t cut it like it would if you’re applying from a ritzy private high school.[/quote]

A first gen kid with a 1400 from a random rural school probably has a leg up on a kid with a 1450 from Whitman or Langley. [/quote]

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