Decision Quote by Camille Perri

Before high school ended, I started applying to college. It really wasn't even a choice because of the brainwashing of my parents.

— Tatyana Ali

I was the first person to go to university from my family.

— Ellie Goulding

The decision of where I wanted to go to school was very important to me.

— Joe Harris

My mum wanted me to go to university.

— Florence Welch

My mom was a beautician in her early days, and then my parents decided that one of them needed to go to school in…

— Julie Sweet

My mother fiercely valued education. She entered college the same year I did, in 1979, and graduated eight years later. She was a remarkable…

— Tom Perez

I was the first one in the family, on either side, to go to college - much less graduate school.

— Powers Boothe

I was first in my family to go to college.

— Joe Biden

My parents wanted me to go to school.

— SZA

My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I was the first in my family to go to college.

— Bob Menendez

I was at Reed [College] for only a few months. My parents intended for me to stay there for all four years but I…

— Steve Jobs