<p>Low SES, attend a poor performing inner city school, first gen in college, etc.</p>
<p>For instance, my D is URM, but both parents have graduate degrees and we live in a relatively middle class suburban town (not far from you ;)). While her URM status might still have given her a tip for diversity, I don’t think that AOs would have given her a break if her SAT was sub-par since she had not had to overcome any major obstacles in her academic life.</p>