<p>@GMTplus7 </p>
<p>I knew it was going to sound that way to somebody, but I was just trying to give a description of what kind of a situation I’m in, so people can state reasonable, applicable advice to what I thought was a problem.
Please don’t make assumptions about me. I’m sorry.</p>
<p>Besides, last I heard, when applying to college, you have to present your parents level of education and what they do for a living, and of course schools are aware of your income bracket.
Not being first-generation and all that buzz could possibly be used against me in an effort for socio-economic diversity*, so I can NOT be fooling around with this essay. I just thought people should have this knowledge of my background to take into consideration, and of course, when advising about the essay in general.</p>
<p>(Please, please correct me if I’m wrong about what’s required when applying to colleges).
*Hopefully being an URM will offset this, by the way, but who knows?</p>