The University of Utah School of Medicine is committed to the recruitment of diverse students knowing that diversity adds to the academic, research, and civic responsibilities of the institution and the community. We therefore seek out students from varied backgrounds including, but not limited to, racial and ethnic minority students from groups underrepresented in medicine in Utah: (Africans and African Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Polynesians including Native Hawaiians, Tongans, Samoans, Filipinos, Tahitians, Maoris, Fijians, Niueans, Palauans; Chicanos/as and Latinos/as including Mainland Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans, Central Americans, and South Americans), OR those considered economically, socially or educationally disadvantaged according to at least ONE of the following criteria: Economically disadvantaged: student comes from a family whose annual income falls below the thresholds published in the Federal Register, DHHS. Please attach your parents’ and your personal 2015 federal income tax forms, or 2014 forms if 2015 forms are not available. Socially disadvantaged: student comes from an environment that has inhibited (but not prevented) them from obtaining the knowledge, skills and abilities required to enroll in and successfully complete an undergraduate course of study that could lead to a career in health sciences. This includes, but may not necessarily be limited to students who are in foster care, who will be first generation college students, who are limited by their community setting (rural, inner city or reservation), or who are being reared by a single or a divorced parent. Educationally disadvantaged: student is not succeeding or is underachieving in school due to a limited proficiency in English; standardized test scores at their school are markedly below other institutions in the area; a financially poor school district; parents or other adults in the household are not high school graduates or have limited English proficiency; or student performance on standardized tests is below national norms.