Both parents are alums who pursued both undergrad and graduate degrees at the school. One of my parents was VERY well-known on campus (I’m staying vague for privacy’s sake). I have other family members who have gone to school there and some who have worked at the school and its branches, for lack of a better term. I’m a URM (and female), both in the realm of university itself and the field I’ll be pursuing. I am disabled (not severely, but it is mental). I am part of the LGBTQ+ community. I’ve been through some pretty bad economic and family dynamics and as a result was intermittently homeless for about a year. but yea how much are these things considered? I would consider myself qualified otherwise, but my whole life people have been in my face about “how I’ll win at affirmative action”, so I guess it’d be cool to really see what’s up with it.
ALSO!!! first-generation American
If you are otherwise qualified, it gives you a boost, but it won’t qualify you on its own.