Anonymous
Post 09/17/2023 12:35     Subject: Parent Education Levels Reporting in Common App - Held against Applicant?
Anonymous wrote:Will having highly educated parents be seen as being "over-privileged"


But don’t colleges want kids who come from privileged families? Afterall they need to make sure they accept students whose families can pay the bills. Look at the data.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2023 12:33     Subject: Parent Education Levels Reporting in Common App - Held against Applicant?
Anonymous wrote:Can I lie and get away with it?!


Which way would you be lying?

I can see benefits to both.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2023 12:31     Subject: Parent Education Levels Reporting in Common App - Held against Applicant?
Will having highly educated parents be seen as being "over-privileged"
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2023 12:23     Subject: Parent Education Levels Reporting in Common App - Held against Applicant?
Can I lie and get away with it?!
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2023 12:22     Subject: Parent Education Levels Reporting in Common App - Held against Applicant?
Just like everything else, there are snobby college admissions officers that will go for the academically prestigious -family candidate over the modest one.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2023 12:22     Subject: Re:Parent Education Levels Reporting in Common App - Held against Applicant?
Anonymous wrote:I think only helps if confirms kid is first gen. Otherwise neutral ( unless legacy, and that depends on a lot of other variables obviously)


+1. This. It shows a kid is first Gen, which helps that kid. But not filling it out doesn’t help your kid by getting them into the first Gen pile.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2023 12:21     Subject: Parent Education Levels Reporting in Common App - Held against Applicant?
If the school is pro-actively looking for first generation college students, yes then they will prioritize them over your kid whose parents have college degrees.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2023 12:18     Subject: Re:Parent Education Levels Reporting in Common App - Held against Applicant?
I think only helps if confirms kid is first gen. Otherwise neutral ( unless legacy, and that depends on a lot of other variables obviously)
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2023 12:17     Subject: Parent Education Levels Reporting in Common App - Held against Applicant?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It may tip the scale for a mediocre student but high-achieving (academically) parents.


Thx. You mean against (not for) a mediocre student with high achieving parents, right?


No, opposite. Having high achieving parents is a good thing. Maybe you can give internships to dc’s future classmates. But overall it’s an insignificant factor unless you’re really notable.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2023 12:17     Subject: Parent Education Levels Reporting in Common App - Held against Applicant?
Reframe the assumption. For need-blind schools, high parent education levels, depending on type, often indicate a likelihood that the applicant is full pay.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2023 12:15     Subject: Parent Education Levels Reporting in Common App - Held against Applicant?
No, why would it?
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2023 12:13     Subject: Parent Education Levels Reporting in Common App - Held against Applicant?
overthinking
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2023 12:12     Subject: Parent Education Levels Reporting in Common App - Held against Applicant?
Anonymous wrote:It may tip the scale for a mediocre student but high-achieving (academically) parents.


Thx. You mean against (not for) a mediocre student with high achieving parents, right?
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2023 12:10     Subject: Parent Education Levels Reporting in Common App - Held against Applicant?
It may tip the scale for a mediocre student but high-achieving (academically) parents.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2023 12:09     Subject: Parent Education Levels Reporting in Common App - Held against Applicant?
Astounded by the level of detail the common app seeks on parents. Will high parental education level (grad school, phd etc) be held against the applicant?