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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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"

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Oops.   Error in my post. I write athlete twice in lieu of URM. 
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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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

Yes. All top tier privates [/quote]

Only if you the applicant has the qualifications, to begin with. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

Not in my actual experience.

You seem misinformed. [/quote]

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

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

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

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