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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's more than simply academics, location, legacy and sports.

Your child can create his/her own "hook" by being interested in something, such as robotics or environmental education or late 17th century Flemish painting. Get an internship in his/her area of interest, do something related in school, go to summer programs in that area, get a part-time job, create a research project, etc. Build a resume.

I know this works. A friend's daughter got into every college she applied to because she created her own hook. She had an A- average at a good private school, and decent but not fabulous SATs. White, upper middle class female from large East Coast urban area. Nothing special about her. But she had a very specialized interest, got a great internship, did research projects in her area of interest. On her application, she told colleges that particular area was what she wanted to study and why she wanted to go to that college. She got into every college she applied to, including Harvard, where she went.

This kid had no legacy, and she even got FA from Harvard. In the end, she didn't even study her area of interest becuase at Harvard, she found a subject area that interested her more.

I imagine this approach can help pretty much every run of the mill average kid who, like many, doesn't have a clue what he/she wants to do in college or life, has ho-hum grades and stats. It will make your kid stand out from the crowd of average Joe's and Julias.

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But see you don’t have to do all this stuff if you have a “hook.”

Conversely, if you don’t have a hook, you will have to do stuff like this to stand out from the crowd,[/quote]

So, by your logic all 3,700 AA kids applying to Harvard this year are a "lock" for admissions.  The 200 that are actually granted acceptance are simply chosen from a hat, because none of them were class valedictorians, Presidential Scholars, award winning poets, or world class jazz musicians (all of whom were in my class while there).  Catch up with the time.[/quote]

No by my logic very few of them (far less than 200 even) would have gotten in without their URM hook. in they weren’t AA. [/quote]

Keep spewing racist nonsense.  [/quote]

It's been shown if hyps practiced race netural admissions like under a prop 209 system, urm enrollment would be decimated.[/quote]

I will tell that to my AA friend going to Harvard with 2380 SATs, the highest GPA in her high school class, 7 AP 5's, straight 800s on SSATs, amath team  captain and two sport team captain.  She will get a kick out of your ignorant opinion.[/quote]

Assuming this is real, your friend would probably have a pretty good chance of getting in, but let's be honest; there are probably a handful of AA kids each year with stats like that.[/quote]

Real as can be, and I know several other kids in DC alone who are pretty comparable.  You all need to dust off your Jim Crow era understanding of the world.[/quote]

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