Which reminds me how once, when I was in these preparatory classes to entrance exams for engineering schools in one of the very best high-schools of the country, a guy (brought-up in a very, very posh family) told one of my friends who was upset about being accepted, for her second year, in the least considered of these classes (which of course was still very good given the general level of the school) when she was hoping for the mid-level one, that she should be happy, what with her parents being factory workers and all. I slapped the guy (who had been accepted in one of the high-level classes and would hardly have settled for anything else) before she had time to react — should your dreams and aspirations be limited by the profession of your parents?

Anyway, let me bold the statements that apply, and comment.

1. Father went to college.
2. Father finished college. Not that he ever used his degree very much (being an actor and stage director and, later on, a producer, having very little to do with his field of study).
3. Mother went to college.
4. Mother finished college.
5. Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor. A few physicians among uncles and distant relatives. Another uncle is a professor.
6. Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers. I have no idea what that means. Did we had more money or not? How am I supposed to know?
7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home.
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home. Most likely. I had better to do than count them. Like, reading them.
9. Were read children's books by a parent.
10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18. Viola lessons. And swimming. And dance.
11. Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18.
12. The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed... I assume this question means, "if a person was to meet you for the first time, what first opinion would s/he form on you based on your looks and way of talking?". They would think I'm French, most likely, and "grad student" would be totally believable to them, even if the "in computer science" part would not.
13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18. I still don't have a credit card. I have an ATM / debit card, but a credit card? Not in my culture.
14. Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs.
15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs. Which, given the costs, is rather frequent in France. The highest yearly fees my parents ever paid were 950 euros and that included health care.
16. Went to a private high school.
17. Went to summer camp. Music ones, two weeks every summer between the ages of 9 and 15.
18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18. But my mum would have paid for one had I needed one.
19. Family vacations involved staying at hotels. Which is probably part of the reason why I loathe camping.
20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18.
21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them. I've never owned a car...
22. There was original art in your house when you were a child. Sure, my uncle's wife was a painter. But, if you're talking about the odd Picasso or Magritte, I'm afraid not.
23. You and your family lived in a single-family house. I can't think of a single person in the close family who lives in a house rather than in an apartment.
24. Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home. Owning one's house or apartment is definitely not a high priority in my family. My dad lives in an apartment his parents inherited from his grand-mother, though, but I've never lived there.
25. You had your own room as a child.
26. Hmm, wait, there is no number 26.
27. Participated in a SAT/ACT prep course. Not that it would apply to France, but I've never had any particular prep course other than school for any kind of exam.
28. Had your own TV in your room in high school. Not that I did want one in any case. It wouldn't have crossed my mind to ask for one – what's wrong with the one in the living room?
29. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in high school or college. I'm not even quite sure what they are exactly...
30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16. Sicily and Morocco.
31. Went on a cruise with a family. A cruise on the Nile when I was 17.
32. Went on more than one cruise with your family.
33. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up.
34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family. I wasn't very aware of how much "necessities" (electricity, water, gas, heating, rent, food (not caviar nor classy restaurants, of course), clothes (normal clothes, not the ones you see labeled as "steals" in women's magazines), phone (I was scarcely using it in any case), CDs, video tapes, books...) cost. But in any case my mum would go without food sooner than without heat. It wasn't until much later that I realized that most people were actually intentionally keeping the heat low even if it meant being cold. I guess it is one of the highlights of a small apartment versus a big house – the heating costs are so much lower in any case.