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BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES PRE-DENTAL POST-BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM (BMPD)
Disadvantaged Student Section
Do you believe you may qualify as a disadvantaged applicant (social, economic, or educational)?
☐ Yes ☐ No
Reasons may include, but are not limited to:
Please provide a description of the area(s) where you spent the majority of your life from birth to age 18, including
the city, state, and country.
Did you grow up in a single parent household?
☐ Yes ☐ No
I
f yes, please describe in the box below
Number of siblings:
Provide any information about your background that can help clarify your disadvantaged student status.
☐ First generation to attend college
☐ Graduated from high school with low graduating number
☐ Graduated from high school with high percentage of free/reduced lunches
☐ I/family receive public assistance (e.g Families with Dependent Children, food stamps, Medicaid, public housing)
☐ Family lives in area designated as a health profession shortage area or medically underserved
☐ From high school where 50% or less of graduates go to college
☐ From high school where college education is not encouraged
☐ English not primary language
Participated in an academic enrichment progran funded in whole or in part by the Health Careers Opportunity
Program High school dropout who received AHS diploma or GED
Diagnosed with a physical/mental impairment that limits participation in educational opportunities offered by a college
Accepted to the health professions program after academic reassessment at the completion of remedial courses
Come from an economically disadvantaged background