AMCAS disadvantage: how does it work?

[DameJulie]

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I am wondering how disadvantage status works for AMCAS. Will school notify us that we qualify for disadvantaged status? What happens after we submit the app with self-claimed disadvantages?

Is it useful to indicate ourselves as EE1 or EE2 in the statement? also if we're recipient for FAP?

 

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How it's read and used for consideration of your app varies on a school-by-school basis. The school won't notify you.

Don't indicate EE1 or EE2, it's determined from your parents' SES you listed. Don't bring up FAP unless it's relevant.

I hope that helps!

 

[DameJulie]

How it's read and used for consideration of your app varies on a school-by-school basis. The school won't notify you.

Don't indicate EE1 or EE2, it's determined from your parents' SES you listed. Don't bring up FAP unless it's relevant.

I hope that helps!

Thanks! I am just curious how much the disadvantaged statement would help for someone who's not a URM but had significant challenges eligible for this status.

 

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Thanks! I am just curious how much the disadvantaged statement would help for someone who's not a URM but had significant challenges eligible for this status.

It depends on who's reading the app, but I've heard it generally isn't as helpful as being URM, a veteran etc.