Real Life “Hook” examples

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hoping to get a better picture of what some real niche or bespoke “hooks” actually look like?

Subject matters, interests or area of focus that are Not recruited athlete/ legacy/ donor/ child of faculty (or obv URM or FG).

Any examples this crowd can share?

Being a chess grandmaster (I have a little inside information on that).

How is that a "hook" and not just an extracurricular?

It’s only a hook for people who fundamentally don’t understand the concept.

[Anonymous]

Being a member of the US National team for a sport is the best hook. My relative got into an Ivy even though she only attended HS a few hours a day and took weeks off at a time due to training and international competitions. She’s a really nice person and obviously hardworking but never was there any focus on academics.

And my understanding from this board is there are no D1 scholarships. She is full pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being a member of the US National team for a sport is the best hook. My relative got into an Ivy even though she only attended HS a few hours a day and took weeks off at a time due to training and international competitions. She’s a really nice person and obviously hardworking but never was there any focus on academics.

And my understanding from this board is there are no D1 scholarships. She is full pay.

What sport?

My daughter is the national champion in her sport…individual uncommon sport tho.

[Anonymous]

xylophone champion

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I consider full pay a hook.

Except it isn’t at need blind schools.

I suspect a fairly high percentage of students in the early application pools to private schools are full pay, which the admissions office probably knows.

Whoi else is going to pay for our kids to go to college, if not the full pay students? You know they are crucial to a college, right?

Sure! But it’s a factor that is not the child’s performance and outside of the child’s control that can help them get into a school before a child who performed better. A hook!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sure. Your average candidate has a 5% chance at getting in Harvard. But if they are black then it is guaranteed?

Which is why every black student that applies to Harvard is accepted, given a brand new car, a condo, and an iPhone.

I can see you’re really bad at elementary school math. No wonder you need the DEI boost in every phase of your life.

I love when the racist take their masks off! Hi!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sure. Your average candidate has a 5% chance at getting in Harvard. But if they are black then it is guaranteed?

Which is why every black student that applies to Harvard is accepted, given a brand new car, a condo, and an iPhone.

I can see you’re really bad at elementary school math. No wonder you need the DEI boost in every phase of your life.

I love when the racist take their masks off! Hi!

What racist? There was no race mentioned. Or do you mean the DEI boost is racially linked?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sure. Your average candidate has a 5% chance at getting in Harvard. But if they are black then it is guaranteed?

Which is why every black student that applies to Harvard is accepted, given a brand new car, a condo, and an iPhone.

I can see you’re really bad at elementary school math. No wonder you need the DEI boost in every phase of your life.

I love when the racist take their masks off! Hi!

What racist? There was no race mentioned. Or do you mean the DEI boost is racially linked?

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