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What does that ACTUALLY mean to ADCOMs reading the application?
Thanks for input!
Thanks for input!
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what do you mean authentic? what was your disadvantage? disability? health? family responsibility? financial?
What does it do?
Sometimes it annoys us. If the reasons given seem exaggerated or overhyped it can make us think less of an applicant. (e.g. claiming that being a woman and an ethnic minority is a "double disadvantage" )
Some schools are seeking to enroll students who have come up from modest circumstances and so the "disadvantaged" toggle can help in that regard.
Proceed with caution.
Disadvantaged is talking about being disadvantaged during your childhood i.e. 0-17What about experiencing life threatening injury in undergrad? Like say a DVT in your arm and pulmonary embolism that left you with permanent injury?
What does it do?
Sometimes it annoys us. If the reasons given seem exaggerated or overhyped it can make us think less of an applicant. (e.g. claiming that being a woman and an ethnic minority is a "double disadvantage" )
Some schools are seeking to enroll students who have come up from modest circumstances and so the "disadvantaged" toggle can help in that regard.
Proceed with caution.
Thanks for response. I'm certain that my life experiences will justify my being disadvantaged. In addition, I made certain (at least in my opinion) to not whine...but to simply describe the situation and how I overcame this disadvantage by becoming the best possible person I could possibly be.
In the situation that a school is annoyed by my statement, would it be an automatic rejection?
Look at how many people don't get an interview at a given school (information in the MSAR, a book published by AAMC). Is that what you'd call an automatic rejection? A disadvantaged statement that comes across as whining could be a contributory cause of a "no interview" stamp on your application but it is likely to be one of a number of reasons that in combination result in "no interview".