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I know you've already made your decision, but I still thought I'd add some food for thought.
I think people shouldn't mark disadvantaged if they don't feel that their life experiences made it much harder for them to succeed in their education, career, etc. Even if a person has a few things in his situation that qualify him as being technically allowed to mark disadvantaged, if he feels that those things didn't make his education, career pursuits, etc. any more difficult than the average person's pursuits, it is going to be very hard to talk about being disadvantaged when asked.
I do not know if the above was the case for you or not, but it has definitely been the case for some people who have asked this question in the past.
This is especially true because, "Are you disadvantaged?" is a yes or no question asked about a set of qualities that is a spectrum. If they looked hard enough, everyone would be able to find a person who had it easier than they did and a person who had it harder than they did. The really tricky part of this question is figuring out where on the spectrum the line is drawn.A little add on to that, it's often difficult for oneself to gage just how disadvantaged they were growing up. Sometimes you get used to it or think of it as the norm, only to be shocked in college when you learn of the advantages or help other people had along the way. It takes deep introspection to objectively look at your situation growing up and admit that things really could've been better if you were born in a different setting, and to realize most people did not face the same trials in life as you did.