<p>I've heard people talking about how low-income can help you...
my question is: HOW?</p>
<p>Do you have to play it in your application through your essay etc..?</p>
<p>How does it work out?</p>
<p>If you live in a box and wear the same clothes for the whole year, then colleges would be a bit lenient.</p>
<p>IF your poor and smart they <333 you.</p>
<p>You overcame adversity, triumphing over your economic problems. Or at least you can write that in your essay.</p>
<p>Is <20,000 considered low-income?</p>
<p>Yes, I believe that is considered low income.</p>
<p>In fact, I think many universities (like Stanford, Penn, Yale, etc.) are giving significant financial aid to people who make less than <50,000, so 20,000 would certainly be considered low.</p>
<p>how do people survive with <20,000. Doesn't it cost more than that just to rent an apartment for a year?</p>
<p>Insecure 101, being highly-motivated, high-achieving and low-income is definitely an edge in college admissions. Anything less than $60,000 is considered low-income by many schools. If you fit the description above I urge you to check out <a href="http://www.Questbridge.org%5B/url%5D">www.Questbridge.org</a> and sign up as a Venture Scholar at <a href="http://www.venturescholar.org%5B/url%5D">www.venturescholar.org</a></p>
<p>So is low-income sort of a hook?</p>
<p>How does it work out for Ivies and other top-tier schools?</p>
<p>one of my friends has a disabled father and lives on welfare with his parents and a college-going sister, with about $20k per yr in aid but no other money.. he also has congenital hypothyroidism, and overcame a crippling childhood disability himself. He got a 2400 on his SAT and has 4 5's APs and 800 IIc 800 US 700 Bio. He also has loads of ec's and is VP of Arista Administration, president of a club and active board member of like 3 clubs, and director of photojournalism at his school newspaper. he did cancer outreach and patient support programs, shadowed a physician for three years and submitted an intel paper, worked his summers at a lab and still had time for a part time job. What are his chances at Harvard, coming from Stuyvesant High School, the premier US public high school?</p>
<p>Woah....he's definitely in.</p>