What is a hook for T25 schools?
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Anonymous
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Can we pleas just make a list?
Recruited athlete Child of A-list celebrity Child actor/celebrity themselves Olympic medalist Um. What else? |
Anonymous
| (Lol typo.. PLEASE. Not “pleas.” Lawyer iPhone, sorry) |
Anonymous
| Sometimes it’s as simple as having something that isn’t currently well-represented in the admit class, assuming that your stats are generally above a certain threshold. |
Anonymous
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It’s a dumb term. Everyone admitted to any school has always needed a “hook”, else they wouldn’t have gotten in.
People who use this term are just trying to rationalize why their kids were rejected. “No hook” — as if it’s some mysterious, complicated aspect they were missing beyond their control. I date a hot girl. What was my “hook”? |
Anonymous
| What’s the point of this? |
Anonymous
this. some years the schools need more sailors and equestrians for their club teams (which may be really competitive). Other years not so much. so not recruits, but not nothing. |
Anonymous
Information. |
Anonymous
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Extreme poverty
Foster care Extreme wealth Legacy donor Native American Boarding prep school Missing limb Opera singer Stage actor TV actor National prize winner Published author of authentic book Scientific research recognized nationally Former conjoined twin |
Anonymous
Bingo! The bolded sentence is the answer. Lock thread. |
Anonymous
| Just look at what the hooks are for your private school. Same. |
Anonymous
| Legacy |
Anonymous
Feels like it’s a no brainer to lop off the pinky toe if that’s a hook. Feels like you can reasonably claim that’s a “limb”. |
Anonymous
| The easiest hook is simple being the top of your class. Even the worst inner city and back country rural schools send 1 student to Harvard per year. Look at the polaislist.com , which bases its data on Harvard yearbooks. However, when DCMoms hear that their DC needs to be at the top of the class, they claim that that is so unfair. |
Anonymous
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Questbridge
From a rural town where few go to good college Military service completed Sibling at school and doing well |
Anonymous
how does boarding prep school help, if its not nationally ranked. |