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[gyngyn]

That's a sound economic choice, not a hardship.

 

[BombsAway]

How familiar are you with government cheese?

 

[Dr.Sticks]

No
I can't afford to go out of state, But that doesn't mean I am economically disadvantaged.

Did you grow up poor? Are you 1st gen college? Those kind of things matter a lot

 

[Goro]

No.

Would I be considered in an economic hardship if I couldn't afford to go to school for undergrad in America due to OOS prices so I went to Canada because I'm a Canadian citizen and its 7-10k $US a year.

 

[Fijj]

Would I be considered in an economic hardship if I couldn't afford to go to school for undergrad in America due to OOS prices so I went to Canada because I'm a Canadian citizen and its 7-10k $US a year.

If your parental combined income is <40K then it's time to consider if you have economic hardship.

 

[BombsAway]

If your parental combined income is >40K then it's time to consider if you have economic hardship.

<40k?

 

[idontwatchgreysanatomy]

Would I be considered in an economic hardship if I couldn't afford to go to school for undergrad in America due to OOS prices so I went to Canada because I'm a Canadian citizen and its 7-10k $US a year.

Weird, I go to a school in the US and my tuition is the same price.

 

[efle]

Isn't the median household income about 50k? I think you'd need to be a ways below 40k...

 

[Fijj]

Isn't the median household income about 50k? I think you'd need to be a ways below 40k...

Depends heavily on household size how near that is to poverty line. I just think it's a good starting point.

 

[BombsAway]

Back to my Government Cheese point; if you/your family didn't require government assistance, that's a good indicator.

 

[efle]

Depends heavily on household size how near that is to poverty line. I just think it's a good starting point.

Hah I guess that's true, even a kid in an upper quartile home might be living in poverty if he has 15 siblings

Anyways OP I think the full AAMC statement talks about economic disadvantage as hindrance to the quality of your education from childhood to end of high school. So having to work and care for family members, being in a horrible system with tons of dropouts is what they have in mind. Something like going to your nearby state school because it's so much cheaper instead of private uni , not so much