How is low SES determined?

[schrodingers_box]

Firstly, is low SES something that schools have a cutoff for and consider?

I'll be applying this cycle with the Fee Assistance Program. Is low SES determined through that? Or do you report personal and parental income on primaries?

 

[gyngyn]

The AAMC has a system that includes educational status of parents and income that gives a designation. EO1 is the designation that identifies low SES.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

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[Med Ed]

In terms of low SES determination, if you have FAP you're in good shape. If you have EO-1 you're in good shape. If you have both, well, then you're in great shape.

 

[USN2MD]

Parent occupation is also considered. SES status is explained in the appendix of the AMCAS guide. I wouldn’t worry about if schools have “cutoffs” because that’s something you can’t control and is already done with and can’t be changed.

 

[HemeOncology]

I had FAP, and disclosed my situation in the disadvantaged essay, and yet the AAMC labeled me as "unknown" like?????

 

[Mr.Smile12]

There are a few other measures such as geographic zip code, especially where your US schooling is located. The additional information on Pell Grants, subsidized school meal programs, and Head Start also can signal.