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I talked to my pre-med advisor a few months ago and she said I should and I also commented on a thread a while back, but I am still on the fence whether I should or not. What it comes down to for me is that I was disadvantaged from 13-18, but for 13 years I wasn't.
A quick recap of my story: When I was 13, my mother and father divorced because he abusive toward my mother, my sister, and I. After we finished school in July, we moved to Indiana to live with my grandmother and grandfather. The school district I moved from in Michigan was one of the best and had multiple state and national Blue Ribbon awards. While I was successful in high school, the school did not have the resources and opportunities that I could have had. In October, my sister had a stroke. Because of the care that she required, my mother was not able to work and that put us below the federal poverty level. Throughout school I often could not afford school supplies and did not participate in many extracurricular because of the financial requirement. I also received free lunch. I worked my junior year of high school to help pay for the cell phone bill. When I was 14, we moved to our current home, but my grandmother moved in with us shortly after because my grandfather passed away. My mother wasn't able to get a job until my sophomore year of college when my sister got full-time state social workers to help her. That's the jist of it.
Should I save my story for secondaries or do you think it would be appropriate to apply as disadvantaged?
Thanks for taking the time to read this!
A quick recap of my story: When I was 13, my mother and father divorced because he abusive toward my mother, my sister, and I. After we finished school in July, we moved to Indiana to live with my grandmother and grandfather. The school district I moved from in Michigan was one of the best and had multiple state and national Blue Ribbon awards. While I was successful in high school, the school did not have the resources and opportunities that I could have had. In October, my sister had a stroke. Because of the care that she required, my mother was not able to work and that put us below the federal poverty level. Throughout school I often could not afford school supplies and did not participate in many extracurricular because of the financial requirement. I also received free lunch. I worked my junior year of high school to help pay for the cell phone bill. When I was 14, we moved to our current home, but my grandmother moved in with us shortly after because my grandfather passed away. My mother wasn't able to get a job until my sophomore year of college when my sister got full-time state social workers to help her. That's the jist of it.
Should I save my story for secondaries or do you think it would be appropriate to apply as disadvantaged?
Thanks for taking the time to read this!
