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I didn't say that a hook is not an advantage. I said that a hook is not *just* an advantage; it is more. The rest of your post addresses arguments that someone else made upthread, not I. [/quote]

This is actually interesting. If I read you correctly, an "advantage" gives your application a little more weight against other applications in the general pile. Example: the kid with an advantage gets in over another kid despite slightly lower SATs.

Whereas a "hook" gets you taken out of the general pile and considered separately. Example: athletic recruit or legacy.

Interesting to learn something new. Are you one of the college admissions people who frequents DCUM?[/quote]

I interview for my college (an Ivy, but I cannot say which), and this is the admissions office's definition of "hook." This definition is common among the Ivies.[/quote]

You're alumni.  So the admissions office shares its process with interviewers?

There must be something to the ethnicity hook as two schools had too many interviewers contacting my DD during the busier months.  She submitted her app on the last day (deadline).  Several of her classmates, who had applied much earlier were left wondering when they would be contacted for an interview by this particular ivy.  There was another ivy she applied at but decided that she wouldn't attend if offered admission so she began waffling when contacted for an interview.  The interviewer rescheduled her twice and was really selling her on the school.  [/quote]

Yes, we alumni interviewers have to understand the process. Ethnicity is not a hook for most admissions committees. Selling an applicant heavily on a school does not mean the applicant has a hook. That's just not what a hook is. [/quote]

The celebrity who interviewed DD lavished a lot of attention on her (met with her for over two hours) and was also a member of  the school's governing board.  His personal assistant made it clear that he was willing to accomodate DD's schedule after she cancelled both times.  Certainly didn't strike us as standard treatment.[/quote]

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