I am fairly certain that I fall under this category. Would it be to my advantage to apply as being economically disadvantaged?
Question about applying as economically disadvantaged
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In all likelihood it will not hurt. (It can hurt if you are claiming it but don't appear to have had hardship growing up -- some of the 
I've seen has been laughable)
It can help by providing adcoms with additional information about the preparation you had for college and the childhood experiences you bring to the table (goes to class diversity).
I've seen has been laughable)It can help by providing adcoms with additional information about the preparation you had for college and the childhood experiences you bring to the table (goes to class diversity).
In all likelihood it will not hurt. (It can hurt if you are claiming it but don't appear to have had hardship growing up -- some of the
It can help by providing adcoms with additional information about the preparation you had for college and the childhood experiences you bring to the table (goes to class diversity).
I'm curious about this, if the hardships you had growing up were due to parental mental problems (look at me, I'm a poet!), would that end up hurting your chances? I've heard from several people that having any history of mental illness in your family makes adcoms wary, but I have no idea if that's true or not.
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The trick is to call parental mental problems "a chronic health condition". Most interviewers won't be so crass as to dig into your parent's health history and if they do you just give them how what was going on affected you. So, you don't say "my mom heard voices" but rather "my mom illness made it hard for her to take care of me and I spent a lot of time with my aunt and grandmother". Keep putting the focus on you, what you did as a child and less on your parent's diagnosis.
