My questions:
Are 1, 2, and 3 below (in bold) true?
And should ANYTHING included in the disadvantage statement be left out of the personal statement?
I found a website that says this,
"If you have experienced any form of social, economic or educational disadvantage—at any time in your life—you can apply to medical school as a disadvantaged applicant. To receive this designation means that you will need to complete an additional essay on theAMCAS application. The character limit for this short essay is 1,325. Examples of each of the three forms of disadvantage are listed below:
1. Social: Being treated differently due to ethnicity, language or religion.
2. Economic: Receiving any form of government aid or growing up in a single parent household on one income that is below the poverty threshold.
3. Educational: Overcoming a learning disability or attending low performing public schools."
Source: http://blog.accepted.com/2014/04/13/how-to-write-the-statement-of-disadvantage/
While the AMCAS instructions from 2016 says this, "Disadvantaged Status: You will then be asked if you wish to be considered a disadvantaged applicant by your designated medical schools. You might consider yourself disadvantaged if you grew up in an area that was medically underserved or had insufficient accesss to State and Federal Assistance programs. Click Yes to be considered a disadvantaged applicant. You will be given an additional 1,325 characters to explain why you believe you should be considered a disadvantaged applicant."
Are 1, 2, and 3 below (in bold) true?
And should ANYTHING included in the disadvantage statement be left out of the personal statement?
I found a website that says this,
"If you have experienced any form of social, economic or educational disadvantage—at any time in your life—you can apply to medical school as a disadvantaged applicant. To receive this designation means that you will need to complete an additional essay on theAMCAS application. The character limit for this short essay is 1,325. Examples of each of the three forms of disadvantage are listed below:
1. Social: Being treated differently due to ethnicity, language or religion.
2. Economic: Receiving any form of government aid or growing up in a single parent household on one income that is below the poverty threshold.
3. Educational: Overcoming a learning disability or attending low performing public schools."
Source: http://blog.accepted.com/2014/04/13/how-to-write-the-statement-of-disadvantage/
While the AMCAS instructions from 2016 says this, "Disadvantaged Status: You will then be asked if you wish to be considered a disadvantaged applicant by your designated medical schools. You might consider yourself disadvantaged if you grew up in an area that was medically underserved or had insufficient accesss to State and Federal Assistance programs. Click Yes to be considered a disadvantaged applicant. You will be given an additional 1,325 characters to explain why you believe you should be considered a disadvantaged applicant."
