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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another parent from CA here. We are low income (my kid is a freshman so I am early to the game) and it can be argued that he is first gen (neither of his parents went to a US school). He used to be (and is planning to be) in an AVID type program.
Any schools that are lax re: first gen definition? I.e. allow kids with parents educated outside of the U.S. to claim the status?
Thanks [/quote]

No, it cannot be argued that your DC is first gen. You and your DH have a college degree (perhaps even a Masters or higher) from a university abroad. You should be ashamed of yourself to even consider gaming the system this way. Both DH and I were very well educated overseas and we would never do what you're suggesting. [/quote]

DP. I do think some colleges consider this “first gen.” It varies school to school, so you must check! [/quote]

This doesn't make sense. There are checkboxes in the Common App, and there's even a tab for selecting overseas schools. 
I also graduated from a school abroad, but I've never considered myself a first-generation graduate.
Calling someone a first-generation graduate after completing a foreign bachelor's degree is cheating, for sure.[/quote]

Some college graduates from other countries doesn’t speak a lick of English and don’t know anything about the US education system. I see them often at our school. The kids have to translate English for them, and navigate everything on their own. So in that sense it can be just as challenging as a traditional first gen.  But it’s very uneven because of course there are many other college educated immigrants who speak flawlessly, are successful and able to give their kids many advantages.[/quote]

You can’t possibly be serious. How is it remotely similar someone whose parents never went to college vs someone who went to college abroad. If you graduated abroad and don’t speak English you can certainly acquire English by studying because you are so literate and you are knowledgeable about doing well in school. You pass that knowledge onto you children. [/quote]

I am serious, but it doesn’t matter what I think. Some colleges do consider college educated parents from other countries First Gen. [/quote]

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