<p>If I am first generation high school graduate(both of my parents did not even finished high school) and come from a low income family it means that I am hooked? or been hooked does not apply for internationals?... Great thanks guys :)</p>
<p>Low income and 1st gen status is not unusual for international applicants. Not a hook whatsoever.</p>
<p>Doesn’t it depend on the country one is coming from?.. I know for sure that I am only competing against other applicants from my country(Israel)… Each year around three are been accepted…</p>
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<p>No you don’t.</p>
<p>Yes I do!! In fact three was the lowest number of applicants that have been accepted. I know that in some years five and even eight applicants were accepted. I have this data from the Israeli office of the Fulbright Foundation… My interviewer confirmed this…</p>
<p>If you have already spoken to a Harvard interviewer, why didn’t you as him/her the question about hooks?</p>
<p>You are right I should have asked, but I was too much into the interview and as a result forgot to… If someone has more input about this please let me know…</p>
<p>Low income isn’t really a hook but shows your character if you have overcome some significant obstacles in life… and may demonstrate your maturity…</p>
<p>I know for sure that ‘First-Generation’ doesn’t count at all…</p>
<p>What I wonder is whether international applicants who live within US receive benefits of hooks. For example, I live in Virginia but am not a resident or a citizen, but am Hispanic, low income, and first generation. I find it hard to believe that they would have ignored all three of those factors just because I am not technically domestic. I was accepted SCEA. </p>
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<p>Sorry Interficio: not being a PR or citizen lumps you in with the International grouping. The US Hispanic applicant is not nor should not, be competing against you, according to Harvard.</p>