I'm an only child, single mother (although not legally divorced), medium income. However I now live in a highly affluent area (top 5 in the US) and attend a top ranked high school after years of living in a very poor county.
My question is: would colleges see my zipcode/high school and automatically infer I am from a very well-off family? I am not sure if I will be able to apply for financial aid because my mother's salary is not too low. Is financial aid the only way to have admissions officers consider my socioeconomic status when applying?
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