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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]French, Spanish, English.

Helping a kid at my kid's school.

also is first gen mean first gen in this country?[/quote]
[b]It means neither parent can be a university grad — anywhere.[/b]

Having said that, what do you think is the high-low on the percent of immigrant families who “lie” about this. My guess would be 20% are not actually first gen. Could be much higher. [/quote]

[b]My understanding is that this may differ among schools as some US colleges/universities view it as "university graduate with a knowledge of the American system".[/b] Not sure if true,but this is something that I read online within the past week.

Fluency in French, English, & Spanish will be noted, but none are considered critical languages by the US government  as all are fairly common in the US. Therefore, while this should help regarding admissions, it may not move the needle much unless tied into a major and one's career goal.[/quote]

I wrote the above.

In support of the bolded portion, read the second paragraph of the Chronicle of Higher Education article:

https://www.chronicle.com/featured/student-success/student-centric-institution/who-is-a-first-generation-student[/quote]

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