For AMCAS purpose:
According to federal guidelines, my family's income fall under the low-income level. However, my parents work in a foreign country so they are not under federal assistance programs. I also grew up in a poor neighborhood.
But then my single parent mother worked hard to support us, and was especially encouraging towards my education. So I only worked part-time and my income is only for my own expenses.
Since we are nonetheless still of low-income according to federal low-income level guidelines, do you think I should enter myself as disadvantaged? I do not want to sound like I am asking for pity... if my circumstances clearly do not qualify as being disadvantaged... What do you think? PM me if you want to know more, but this is the gist of my background. If I am borderline case, or if they ultimately do not consider me as disadvantaged, would this hurt my application?
Thanks.
According to federal guidelines, my family's income fall under the low-income level. However, my parents work in a foreign country so they are not under federal assistance programs. I also grew up in a poor neighborhood.
But then my single parent mother worked hard to support us, and was especially encouraging towards my education. So I only worked part-time and my income is only for my own expenses.
Since we are nonetheless still of low-income according to federal low-income level guidelines, do you think I should enter myself as disadvantaged? I do not want to sound like I am asking for pity... if my circumstances clearly do not qualify as being disadvantaged... What do you think? PM me if you want to know more, but this is the gist of my background. If I am borderline case, or if they ultimately do not consider me as disadvantaged, would this hurt my application?
Thanks.