Real Life “Hook” examples

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:hook as talked about on here or on any other college board is:

-legacy
-faculty kid
-athlete
-recruited athlete.

It's not to say that being the world's top Rubik's cuber or starter of 10 non-profits won't help with admissions--just that these sort of things are not "HOOKS"

Oops. Error in my post. I write athlete twice in lieu of URM.

Faculty kid is questionable - the largest flagship in the country (UC system), with probably 6 of the Top 50 schools in the country, doesn't give a rip if you have a parent bringing in millions of dollars of research revenue, and they certainly don't care about the adjunct guy teaching one class each quarter.

I don't know anything about the UC system, but I can say with 100 percent confidence that being a faculty/staff offspring gives you a thumb on the scale at Georgetown, Princeton, and Penn.

Yes. All top tier privates

[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?

My understanding is that none of these are classified as hooks.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAHAHAHA

Then you, PP, just fell off the turnip truck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:hook as talked about on here or on any other college board is:

-legacy
-faculty kid
-athlete
-recruited athlete.

It's not to say that being the world's top Rubik's cuber or starter of 10 non-profits won't help with admissions--just that these sort of things are not "HOOKS"

Oops. Error in my post. I write athlete twice in lieu of URM.

Faculty kid is questionable - the largest flagship in the country (UC system), with probably 6 of the Top 50 schools in the country, doesn't give a rip if you have a parent bringing in millions of dollars of research revenue, and they certainly don't care about the adjunct guy teaching one class each quarter.

I don't know anything about the UC system, but I can say with 100 percent confidence that being a faculty/staff offspring gives you a thumb on the scale at Georgetown, Princeton, and Penn.

Yes. All top tier privates

Only if you the applicant has the qualifications, to begin with.

[Anonymous]

refugee from war-torn African nation while being one of the better students in the class

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:hook as talked about on here or on any other college board is:

-legacy
-faculty kid
-athlete
-recruited athlete.

It's not to say that being the world's top Rubik's cuber or starter of 10 non-profits won't help with admissions--just that these sort of things are not "HOOKS"

Oops. Error in my post. I write athlete twice in lieu of URM.

Faculty kid is questionable - the largest flagship in the country (UC system), with probably 6 of the Top 50 schools in the country, doesn't give a rip if you have a parent bringing in millions of dollars of research revenue, and they certainly don't care about the adjunct guy teaching one class each quarter.

I don't know anything about the UC system, but I can say with 100 percent confidence that being a faculty/staff offspring gives you a thumb on the scale at Georgetown, Princeton, and Penn.

Yes. All top tier privates

Only if you the applicant has the qualifications, to begin with.

Again, speaking only of Georgetown, Princeton, and Penn: thumb on the scale. I.e., they take applicants who are less qualified than the vast majority of unhooked admitted students.

That's the thing about a hook. If you're hooked, the qualifications are relaxed for you.

[Anonymous]

None of these talents are hooks. These talents and achievements are called spikes.
Hooks are something that you're born with and don't need to work on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

My understanding is that none of these are classified as hooks.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAHAHAHA

Then you, PP, just fell off the turnip truck.

Wtf are you going on about? The bulk of this thread is people saying that academic strengths and areas of interest are not typically categorized as hooks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:hook as talked about on here or on any other college board is:

-legacy
-faculty kid
-athlete
-recruited athlete.

It's not to say that being the world's top Rubik's cuber or starter of 10 non-profits won't help with admissions--just that these sort of things are not "HOOKS"

Oops. Error in my post. I write athlete twice in lieu of URM.

Faculty kid is questionable - the largest flagship in the country (UC system), with probably 6 of the Top 50 schools in the country, doesn't give a rip if you have a parent bringing in millions of dollars of research revenue, and they certainly don't care about the adjunct guy teaching one class each quarter.

I don't know anything about the UC system, but I can say with 100 percent confidence that being a faculty/staff offspring gives you a thumb on the scale at Georgetown, Princeton, and Penn.

Yes. All top tier privates

Only if you the applicant has the qualifications, to begin with.

Again, speaking only of Georgetown, Princeton, and Penn: thumb on the scale. I.e., they take applicants who are less qualified than the vast majority of unhooked admitted students.

That's the thing about a hook. If you're hooked, the qualifications are relaxed for you.

Not in my actual experience.

You seem misinformed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:hook as talked about on here or on any other college board is:

-legacy
-faculty kid
-athlete
-recruited athlete.

It's not to say that being the world's top Rubik's cuber or starter of 10 non-profits won't help with admissions--just that these sort of things are not "HOOKS"

Oops. Error in my post. I write athlete twice in lieu of URM.

Faculty kid is questionable - the largest flagship in the country (UC system), with probably 6 of the Top 50 schools in the country, doesn't give a rip if you have a parent bringing in millions of dollars of research revenue, and they certainly don't care about the adjunct guy teaching one class each quarter.

I don't know anything about the UC system, but I can say with 100 percent confidence that being a faculty/staff offspring gives you a thumb on the scale at Georgetown, Princeton, and Penn.

Yes. All top tier privates

Only if you the applicant has the qualifications, to begin with.

Again, speaking only of Georgetown, Princeton, and Penn: thumb on the scale. I.e., they take applicants who are less qualified than the vast majority of unhooked admitted students.

That's the thing about a hook. If you're hooked, the qualifications are relaxed for you.

Not in my actual experience.

You seem misinformed.

I'm not. The reason I can speak with confidence about those three schools is that I have first-hand experience with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:hook as talked about on here or on any other college board is:

-legacy
-faculty kid
-athlete
-recruited athlete.

It's not to say that being the world's top Rubik's cuber or starter of 10 non-profits won't help with admissions--just that these sort of things are not "HOOKS"

Oops. Error in my post. I write athlete twice in lieu of URM.

Faculty kid is questionable - the largest flagship in the country (UC system), with probably 6 of the Top 50 schools in the country, doesn't give a rip if you have a parent bringing in millions of dollars of research revenue, and they certainly don't care about the adjunct guy teaching one class each quarter.

I don't know anything about the UC system, but I can say with 100 percent confidence that being a faculty/staff offspring gives you a thumb on the scale at Georgetown, Princeton, and Penn.

Yes. All top tier privates

Only if you the applicant has the qualifications, to begin with.

Again, speaking only of Georgetown, Princeton, and Penn: thumb on the scale. I.e., they take applicants who are less qualified than the vast majority of unhooked admitted students.

That's the thing about a hook. If you're hooked, the qualifications are relaxed for you.

Not in my actual experience.

You seem misinformed.

I'm not. The reason I can speak with confidence about those three schools is that I have first-hand experience with them.

Yes, that is what in my actual experience means. Your experience does not speak for all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:hook as talked about on here or on any other college board is:

-legacy
-faculty kid
-athlete
-recruited athlete.

It's not to say that being the world's top Rubik's cuber or starter of 10 non-profits won't help with admissions--just that these sort of things are not "HOOKS"

Oops. Error in my post. I write athlete twice in lieu of URM.

Faculty kid is questionable - the largest flagship in the country (UC system), with probably 6 of the Top 50 schools in the country, doesn't give a rip if you have a parent bringing in millions of dollars of research revenue, and they certainly don't care about the adjunct guy teaching one class each quarter.

I don't know anything about the UC system, but I can say with 100 percent confidence that being a faculty/staff offspring gives you a thumb on the scale at Georgetown, Princeton, and Penn.

Yes. All top tier privates

Only if you the applicant has the qualifications, to begin with.

Again, speaking only of Georgetown, Princeton, and Penn: thumb on the scale. I.e., they take applicants who are less qualified than the vast majority of unhooked admitted students.

That's the thing about a hook. If you're hooked, the qualifications are relaxed for you.

Not in my actual experience.

You seem misinformed.

I'm not. The reason I can speak with confidence about those three schools is that I have first-hand experience with them.

Yes, that is what in my actual experience means. Your experience does not speak for all.

LOL sorry your kid didn't get in! Maybe you're not really faculty or staff ...?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:hook as talked about on here or on any other college board is:

-legacy
-faculty kid
-athlete
-recruited athlete.

It's not to say that being the world's top Rubik's cuber or starter of 10 non-profits won't help with admissions--just that these sort of things are not "HOOKS"

Oops. Error in my post. I write athlete twice in lieu of URM.

Faculty kid is questionable - the largest flagship in the country (UC system), with probably 6 of the Top 50 schools in the country, doesn't give a rip if you have a parent bringing in millions of dollars of research revenue, and they certainly don't care about the adjunct guy teaching one class each quarter.

I don't know anything about the UC system, but I can say with 100 percent confidence that being a faculty/staff offspring gives you a thumb on the scale at Georgetown, Princeton, and Penn.

Yes. All top tier privates

Only if you the applicant has the qualifications, to begin with.

Again, speaking only of Georgetown, Princeton, and Penn: thumb on the scale. I.e., they take applicants who are less qualified than the vast majority of unhooked admitted students.

That's the thing about a hook. If you're hooked, the qualifications are relaxed for you.

Not in my actual experience.

You seem misinformed.

I'm not. The reason I can speak with confidence about those three schools is that I have first-hand experience with them.

Yes, that is what in my actual experience means. Your experience does not speak for all.

LOL sorry your kid didn't get in! Maybe you're not really faculty or staff ...?

No. Sounds like the kid wasn’t actually competitive to begin with.
Nbd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None of these talents are hooks. These talents and achievements are called spikes.
Hooks are something that you're born with and don't need to work on.

This! Everything that a student excels at isn't a hook. That's their actual application. Hooks are:

Both my parents and my grandparents went to Harvard. On one side even a great grandparent went. Take me.

My parents were generous and in addition to being able to pay full freight for the school they are also going to generously donate over a 7 figure sum. Thank you for looking closely at my child's application.

One of my parents is famous, really famous, and was just at the school giving a book talk. We chatted with the HOS for a little bit. Thank you for taking a special lookout for out kids' app.

I am myself a famous actor. So you already know my work. See if there is a spot for me.

Those are hooks. There are a lot of different examples. None of them (except arguably the last one) is based on excelling in an area like winning the national debate tournament, the Raytheon science competition, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Having a special talent isn’t a hook. It’s legacy, large donor, athletic recruit, urm, first Gen, and pell eligible

I dont agree.
Unique interests which kid has been involved with over a long period of time used to be considered a hook.

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Being the child of someone famous or super rich.