Can you give examples of hooks?
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Anonymous
| Be interesting. All the other hooks (athlete, donor, legacy, URM, and national award winner) are something you can’t impact - you either are or are not. You’re welcome. |
Anonymous
| NP: Would you all say a national first place award is a hook for sure? It wasn't a huge thing like Regeneron or YoungArts, but it was still a national competition with finalists being paid to travel to compete in the final round. I feel like it's not enough because she didn't cure cancer or save a species of wildlife or start a nonprofit -- shame on her! Hahaha. This game is insane. |
Anonymous
^^This. Sadly, truth. |
Anonymous
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So if my white kid is a child of divorce and I am effectively a low income single mom (well I have him 99% of the time) is this being a victim or not? I am also an immigrant.
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Anonymous
50% of marriages end in divorce. So, no big deal there. Only 10% of ivy students are from divorced families. |
Anonymous
| Orchestra needs an oboist and your child has stellar oboe playing abilities. |
Anonymous
This is bad advice. Definitely mention that his mom is a single mom somewhere on the application. Also play up the immigrant thing, if possible.. like if it can be weaved into the essay. |
Anonymous
DS needs to wear glasses and is allergic to peanuts?? 
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Anonymous
In the category of overcoming adversity. I knew 2 kids - one whose Dad died of suicide and one whose mom and brother died in car crash - smart but also stood out in their essays. |
Anonymous
Cue the White Lotus-inspired essays about how hard it is to be an affluent straight white male these days. So misunderstood and oppressed! |
Anonymous
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First of all, get over the assumption that kids with hooks don’t have high test scores and great grades. They are all usually academic superstars and many are also legacies. Hooks that lead to admission:
1) URM 2) Athletic recruit 3) some sort of national level accomplishment |
Anonymous
URMs and athletes can get into ivies with stats lower than UMBC. They are “superstars” only within their group - 99 percentile within their narrow, selected identity. |
Anonymous
| Hook number one: Parents who have it going on such as mom went to Stanford and graduated summa and dad went to Princeton and did the same. Neither had hooks themselves, just big brains and tons of resolve. They also paid their own way. Mom and dad also happen to be good parents and exposed kids to lots of things, including the value of hard work and self discipline. Kids of those folks are totally hooked! |
Anonymous
Amen to that! That’s why this country is so great. It wasn’t the UMBC-quality students asking for free handouts that built this great country. |