1. Were you, or are you currently homeless, as defined by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Definition: https://nche.ed.gov/mckinney-vento/);
(https://nche.ed.gov/mckinney-vento/);)

2. Were or currently are you in the foster care system, as defined by the Administration for Children and Families (Definition: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/focusareas/
foster-care); (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/focus-areas/foster-care);)

3. Were you eligible for the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program for two or more years (Definition: https://www.fns.usda.gov/school-meals/income-eligibilityguidelines);
(https://www.fns.usda.gov/school-meals/income-eligibility-guidelines);)

4. Do you have/had no parents or legal guardians who have completed at least a bachelor’s degree (see https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2018/2018009.pdf);
(https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2018/2018009.pdf);)

5. Were you, or are you currently eligible for Federal Pell grants (Definition: https://www2.ed.gov/programs/fpg/eligibility.html);
(https://www2.ed.gov/programs/fpg/eligibility.html);)

6. Have you received support from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) as a parent or child (Definition:
https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/wic-eligibility-requirements) (https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/wic-eligibility-requirements)).

7. Did you grow up in one of the following areas (only one of the two possibilities in #7 can be used as a criterion for the disadvantaged background definition):
a) A U.S. rural area, as designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer (https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/ruralhealth/)
(https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/rural-health/)),
or b) A Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-designated Low-Income and Health Professional Shortage Areas (https://www.qhpcertification.cms.gov/s/LowIncomeandHPSAZipCodeListingPY2020.xlsx?v=1)
(https://www.qhpcertification.cms.gov/s/LowIncomeandHPSAZipCodeListingPY2020.xlsx?v=1)).