<p>Well that sucks because I’m good at badmington :p</p>
<p>I REALLY wish I had applied to mx. :/</p>
<p>what about playing the oboe, alto sax and cross country?</p>
<p>circle: for some reason they always use the oboe for an example of a hook so i think your good 
same with alto sax…</p>
<p>Really! Thanks Rad-in-Plaid96…that has made my day!</p>
<p>hey!!</p>
<p>what races would you consider a hook??</p>
<p>thanks!:)</p>
<p>not asian…</p>
<p>Race isn’t that big of a hook as sports or music I think, nd hco that statement is misplaced what about students from Thailand or bangledash</p>
<p>fair enough </p>
<p>i guess i was referring to east asian
i think being Bangladeshi is a much bigger hook than being thai.
it is a bigger advantage to be thai than Chinese or Korean but its not that big of a hook
IHO
being a Pacific islander or native american are the two best as they super-underrepresented at BS.</p>
<p>Or like Croatia or something…</p>
<p>Um, I’m half Thai (and Chinese)… Is that a hook? I also live in Hawaii…</p>
<p>or kiribati… or nauru…
man, i’ve never even heard of those countries before</p>
<p>@ zooyork: nope, i doubt it</p>
<p>Don’t take my words for this, but I don’t think being a Thai-Chinese American helps your admission outcome unless you prove to the admission officers that you have great knowledge of both countries and you will contribute greatly to the cultural diversity at bs.</p>
<p>I’ve lived in the Pacific Islands. I did my 7th grade project on Kiribati (pronounced Kirabis).</p>
<p>Haha, oh wells.</p>
<p>race is a major hook
here are the old-fashioned hooks, to end much speculation:
Legacy
Sibling
URM (under-represented minority, read African American or American Indian)
Development (your family can fund a building or two)
Sports (if you excell, doesnt matter if sport is popular or not, your level does though)
geographic location (states that usually do not send a lot of kids to BS, such as the Dakotas, Montana, you get the idea)
Instrument (the least to carry weight since in this country sports overpower the arts)</p>
<p>What about African? (Without the american?)</p>
<p>Your parents can also be a hook. If your mother or father are prominent and well known that can sway the admissions committee- even if you have no money or interest in donating gobs of money. Also, even if you are not a legacy at a bs, if your parents/family is a legacy at an Ivy that will help. It can (sometimes) be an indicator of your potential & the possibility of you exiting with the right admissions to the “right” university (since you have an “in” at Yale for example). </p>
<p>Also - Do NOT underestimate the possiblity of creating a hook . . . I didn’t have much of a chance at Groton, but then I took a summer crew camp (in the midwest, the boys school Culver offers a girls summer rowing camp) and told them I was interested in continuing my rowing career at Groton. Cha-ching. Acceptance letter. . . .and when I arrived I never even tried out for the crew team at Groton. I played Lacrosse as my spring sport. No one even noticed or cared. </p>
<p>I certainly do not want to come across as tricky or deceptive, that was never my true intention. However in the end, that early morning rowing routince just did not work for me! I am simply trying to say that you can CREATE a hook. If you can play the pipe organ, every school with a chapel will take a second look at you. Random, but true.</p>
<p>You are missing the biggest hook of all. Who in the admissions process, or who can influence it, are you connected to? And will they exert that influence on your behalf?</p>
<p>It is still the biggest thing going. It explains why kids who you look at and you can’t explain how they got in there (have no other hooks), end up getting admitted.</p>
<p>This is what makes the world go round. Are you connected? This hooks trumps many others.</p>
<p>I’m a white Idahoan girl, is that good enough? I think I know the admissions officer fairly well. I invited him to talk at my school.</p>