Anonymous wrote:Extreme poverty
Foster care
Extreme wealth
Legacy donor
Native American
Boarding prep school
Missing limb
Opera singer
Stage actor
TV actor
National prize winner
Published author of authentic book
Scientific research recognized nationally
Former conjoined twin

how does boarding prep school help, if its not nationally ranked.

Questbridge
From a rural town where few go to good college
Military service completed
Sibling at school and doing well

The easiest hook is simple being the top of your class. Even the worst inner city and back country rural schools send 1 student to Harvard per year. Look at the polaislist.com , which bases its data on Harvard yearbooks. However, when DCMoms hear that their DC needs to be at the top of the class, they claim that that is so unfair.

Anonymous wrote:Extreme poverty
Foster care
Extreme wealth
Legacy donor
Native American
Boarding prep school
Missing limb
Opera singer
Stage actor
TV actor
National prize winner
Published author of authentic book
Scientific research recognized nationally
Former conjoined twin

Feels like it’s a no brainer to lop off the pinky toe if that’s a hook. Feels like you can reasonably claim that’s a “limb”.

Legacy

Just look at what the hooks are for your private school. Same.

Anonymous wrote:It’s a dumb term. Everyone admitted to any school has always needed a “hook”, else they wouldn’t have gotten in.

People who use this term are just trying to rationalize why their kids were rejected. “No hook” — as if it’s some mysterious, complicated aspect they were missing beyond their control.

I date a hot girl. What was my “hook”?

Bingo! The bolded sentence is the answer. Lock thread.

Extreme poverty
Foster care
Extreme wealth
Legacy donor
Native American
Boarding prep school
Missing limb
Opera singer
Stage actor
TV actor
National prize winner
Published author of authentic book
Scientific research recognized nationally
Former conjoined twin

Anonymous wrote:What’s the point of this?

Information.

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes it’s as simple as having something that isn’t currently well-represented in the admit class, assuming that your stats are generally above a certain threshold.

this.
some years the schools need more sailors and equestrians for their club teams (which may be really competitive). Other years not so much.

so not recruits, but not nothing.

What’s the point of this?

It’s a dumb term. Everyone admitted to any school has always needed a “hook”, else they wouldn’t have gotten in.

People who use this term are just trying to rationalize why their kids were rejected. “No hook” — as if it’s some mysterious, complicated aspect they were missing beyond their control.

I date a hot girl. What was my “hook”?

Sometimes it’s as simple as having something that isn’t currently well-represented in the admit class, assuming that your stats are generally above a certain threshold.

(Lol typo.. PLEASE. Not “pleas.” Lawyer iPhone, sorry)

Can we pleas just make a list?

Recruited athlete
Child of A-list celebrity
Child actor/celebrity themselves
Olympic medalist


Um. What else?