[chiluvskk]

i'm wondering whether i would count as a first generation student. I know it's suppossed to mean that your parents never got a degree. However, my parents did go to college and got degree in Vietnam. But that degree can't be used in the US. So since they nvr went to college here in US, would i be a first generation student?

I've asked a lot of people and they all have diff. opinions so i don't know what to believe....


thank you!!

[itrayya]

that dont count.
in america... at least, no.
i dont think so.

im a first generation college student.
my dad got his degree in laos,
but here... that's less than the college equivelant, right?

so... if your parents dont have a college degree,
then, yes, i think you're a first generation college student.

i think so.
yah.

[alley]

yea, i think you are a first generation..
i believe it only counts if u got ur degree here in america?
if you are a first gen.. congrats! i am, too. haha

[Gingging8]

My parents both got their degree in the Philippines and I wasn't considered a 1st generation college student.

Your parents went to college and got a degree. I don't think you are a 1st generation college student.

[SouthernBelle82]

If you mean in general then no but if you mean in the US where the degree can be counted then yes you are.

[joogrlpekaun]

I think it kind of depends on the country where the degree was issued. Since it was Vietnam, you might be, but if your parents had gone to school in Australia, the UK, Canada, the Philippines, a lot of European countries, South Korea, China, or any country whose degrees are definitely recognized in the US to a large extent, then no, you wouldn't be. Honestly, I'm not sure about Vietnam. The best person to ask would probably be someone who knows a lot about college admissions, like a high school guidance counselor or a college admissions counselor.

[little mixed girl]

mmm...i don't think you count. because of regardless of *where* they got their degree, they still got it.

i don't think they can't use it in the US, they probably have to take a test in that field to meet US standards...
like if you were a doctor in a different country, you can't just be a doctor in the US without taking a qualifying test first.

but, you can ask the school first and see what they say.