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Ok guys, thank you for taking the time to read and answer my questions.
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My questions are regarding disadvangtaged qualificaiton? Other is about biological parental information.
Ok so I was born in India in 1989. My father passed away when i was 10 months old, my sister was born 2 months after he passed away. Ever since then my mother has taken care of both us along with help from family members/relatives. (She didn't remarry as its not part of our culture back home). She only went to school until 4th grade and my father was working on his degree. Where i grew up is a rural area w/ lack of access to things a city would have and what not. My uncles provided for my education and necessities. However, there were times when the money was hard to flow and my mom/uncle would have to borrow from others. One of my uncle went to USA (pharmacist) so he adopted me to come here and get an education so i could take care of my family. My mom let that happen, for my future. I lived with my uncle for 6 years here. I was a very bright student in India (very successful future as some of my teachers there used to tell me) They were the strictest adoptive parents you can find. They would give me things, but unnecessarily yell at me at for no reasons. The verbal bashing was so bad that I went months w/o a conversation with them. I fell into a state of depression, not knowing what to do. I developed all kinds of problems (acid reflux, gastritis, IBS) bc i was stressed so much. The whole saga affected me mentally as my grade fell. However, I found my savior in education and I decided to let go of everything (atleast thats what i thought) and focus on it no matter what came. I started to get to the level I was making great/good grades in college and eventually received a full ride to a university for two years. I moved to another one of my uncles in 2010 after I had enough ( I was at the point where I couldn't decide whether it was worth to live through the daily struggle or not) I know now it sounds foolish, but its still a mystery to me how I got through that. I started in Community college w/ my other family (2nd uncle) and received financial assistance (pell grant/ stuff) for "extraneous circumstances" as my adviser called it. I received that in community as well as university. After such a long time, I finally feel like i have my life in my hands now and getting better towards it. Should I apply as disadvantaged? please give an honest opinion no matter if its yes or no.
I feel I was disadvantaged because I know that had I been back home I would have been successful than many of friends (who were behind me in rankings). I am sorry if i sound wrong (thats not my intent).
Second Q? I haven't seen my adoptive parents since 2010, but i still included their info in AMCAS as they are my official parents now. I also went ahead and included information on my biological parents? Is that OK or I shouldn't list their stuff?
Thank You guys, sorry for the long post.
🙂
My questions are regarding disadvangtaged qualificaiton? Other is about biological parental information.
Ok so I was born in India in 1989. My father passed away when i was 10 months old, my sister was born 2 months after he passed away. Ever since then my mother has taken care of both us along with help from family members/relatives. (She didn't remarry as its not part of our culture back home). She only went to school until 4th grade and my father was working on his degree. Where i grew up is a rural area w/ lack of access to things a city would have and what not. My uncles provided for my education and necessities. However, there were times when the money was hard to flow and my mom/uncle would have to borrow from others. One of my uncle went to USA (pharmacist) so he adopted me to come here and get an education so i could take care of my family. My mom let that happen, for my future. I lived with my uncle for 6 years here. I was a very bright student in India (very successful future as some of my teachers there used to tell me) They were the strictest adoptive parents you can find. They would give me things, but unnecessarily yell at me at for no reasons. The verbal bashing was so bad that I went months w/o a conversation with them. I fell into a state of depression, not knowing what to do. I developed all kinds of problems (acid reflux, gastritis, IBS) bc i was stressed so much. The whole saga affected me mentally as my grade fell. However, I found my savior in education and I decided to let go of everything (atleast thats what i thought) and focus on it no matter what came. I started to get to the level I was making great/good grades in college and eventually received a full ride to a university for two years. I moved to another one of my uncles in 2010 after I had enough ( I was at the point where I couldn't decide whether it was worth to live through the daily struggle or not) I know now it sounds foolish, but its still a mystery to me how I got through that. I started in Community college w/ my other family (2nd uncle) and received financial assistance (pell grant/ stuff) for "extraneous circumstances" as my adviser called it. I received that in community as well as university. After such a long time, I finally feel like i have my life in my hands now and getting better towards it. Should I apply as disadvantaged? please give an honest opinion no matter if its yes or no.
I feel I was disadvantaged because I know that had I been back home I would have been successful than many of friends (who were behind me in rankings). I am sorry if i sound wrong (thats not my intent).
Second Q? I haven't seen my adoptive parents since 2010, but i still included their info in AMCAS as they are my official parents now. I also went ahead and included information on my biological parents? Is that OK or I shouldn't list their stuff?
Thank You guys, sorry for the long post.
