<p>It would only help at a very few schools and would hurt at most colleges. At Tufts, yes, it would help because they are looking to round out their wealthy leaning student body with lower income kids for diversity. Most colleges, however, don’t have they money to do this and need to favor kids who can pay.</p>
<p>If you don’t have the scores and live near Tufts you probaly won’t get in though. Living near takes away from diversity, you’d be a much better candidate if you lived in S. Dakota. Try to focus on need blind, 100% need schools where your stats are all in range.</p>