<p>Should I inform a college of a low family income in the additional information? Would that help at all or not?</p>
<p>Aren’t there sections where you state your income…? Or approximate it?</p>
<p>Usually they can tell by zip codes, parent’s jobs/educations. There are also only a handful of schools where being low income is a plus.</p>
<p>There is no place to state it on the Common App.</p>
<p>Anyone else have any opinions?</p>
<p>If it has had a big enough influence on your life, it will appear in your essays. It might appear in your parent’s occupations and levels of education. There’s no other place to talk about it.</p>