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extreme financial hardship, family problems (mom/dad in the slammer, foster care, abusive childhood)
Anything where you had to overcome some sizable challenge that little jimmy and his two parents in their middle class neighborhood did not.
Anything where you had to overcome some sizable challenge that little jimmy and his two parents in their middle class neighborhood did not.
my understanding is that you have to undergo prolonged financial duress.
ie. single parent, on welfare, used foodstamps, used free lunch tickets, lack of healthcare.
think of it this way, do you feel like your financial circumstance has hindered you in some way? to the extent that you feel you have been trying to catch up with your peers your whole life?
and i'm not talking about just tutoring, i'm talking about not being able to afford food, school supplies, going on school field trips, etc.
being disadvantaged means that your whole life was impacted, not just one part of it.
ie. single parent, on welfare, used foodstamps, used free lunch tickets, lack of healthcare.
think of it this way, do you feel like your financial circumstance has hindered you in some way? to the extent that you feel you have been trying to catch up with your peers your whole life?
and i'm not talking about just tutoring, i'm talking about not being able to afford food, school supplies, going on school field trips, etc.
being disadvantaged means that your whole life was impacted, not just one part of it.
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out of curiosity, if you qualify for FAP, does that mean you are a disadvantaged applicant?
The following definitions/questions may help you answer the questions on this page:
Underserved: Do you believe, based on your own experiences or the experiences of family and friends, that the area in which you grew up was adequately served by the available health care professionals? Were there enough physicians, nurses, hospitals, clinics, and other health care service providers?
Immediate Family: The Federal Government broadly defines "immediate family" as "spouse, parent, child, sibling, mother or father-in-law, son or daughter-in-law, or sister or brother-in-law, including step and adoptive relationships."
State and Federal Assistance Programs: These programs are specifically defined as "Means-Tested Programs" under which the individual, family, or household income and assets must be below specified thresholds. The sponsoring agencies then provide cash and non-cash assistance to eligible individuals, families, or households. Such programs include welfare benefit programs (federal, state, and local) Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC or ADC); unemployment compensation; General Assistance (GA); food stamps; Supplemental Security Income (SSI); Medicaid; housing assistance; or other federal, state, or local financial assistance programs.
Underserved: Do you believe, based on your own experiences or the experiences of family and friends, that the area in which you grew up was adequately served by the available health care professionals? Were there enough physicians, nurses, hospitals, clinics, and other health care service providers?
Immediate Family: The Federal Government broadly defines "immediate family" as "spouse, parent, child, sibling, mother or father-in-law, son or daughter-in-law, or sister or brother-in-law, including step and adoptive relationships."
State and Federal Assistance Programs: These programs are specifically defined as "Means-Tested Programs" under which the individual, family, or household income and assets must be below specified thresholds. The sponsoring agencies then provide cash and non-cash assistance to eligible individuals, families, or households. Such programs include welfare benefit programs (federal, state, and local) Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC or ADC); unemployment compensation; General Assistance (GA); food stamps; Supplemental Security Income (SSI); Medicaid; housing assistance; or other federal, state, or local financial assistance programs.
Better than another act of poop hotdog necromancy imo.
Like you wouldn't eat one. Hell, I'd eat two.
I'd like to say no, but I might change my tune if I had a HMS acceptance letter in one hand and a poop hotdog in the other. Thank god such a situation will never occur.
I thought you learned your lesson about necromancy BB 😉
I really don't appreciate your dry sarcasm. This old forum is just as useful as a new one. If you don't see the value of it, then I suggest you look somewhere else for a career field because it seems you lack appreciation for community support, so why should you bother with medicine?
Well, if we're going to be stuffy about it, you answered a 4-year old question to a banned person. So, this person is most likely already in medical school and has no ability to read your answer. So that's why he was being sarcastic.
If that paragraph is in your PS, though, I would happily help edit it with you. Powerful stuff, but not phrased optimally.
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