<p>If in your essay you include Iranian (since I believe Common App classifies that as ‘white’) that might help. </p>
<p>How ‘lower middle class’ are we talking about? Enough for financial need grants? I don’t need to know specifics. But if you could conceivably get the Scarlet and Gray grant (use the OSU net price calculator to find out), then that would be a good indicator of socioeconomic diversity.</p>