<p>I always hear something about an essay hook: something that makes an essay unique or interesting. I was wondering if an experience in my life could be considered a hook. In 10th grade I moved from one part of the US to another and found that everyone else in my grade was a year ahead of me in math. I wanted to catch up so I decided to take the 10th grade math course over the summer so I could be on par with my peers. My counselor and math teacher didn't think I could do it but I did int anyways... I did all of this while my dad was deployed to the middle east, so I was responsible for my learning and turning everything in on my own without my parents help. Because I took the math course over the summer, I now have a passion for math and am in the highest math course I can be in. I also gained independence, responsibility, ect. Is this a decent essay topic to write about or do you think it is boring?</p>
<p>I think it comes down to how you write about it. Though maybe write about something that isn’t totally about school and grades? Colleges are already receiving your transcripts and recommendations so an essay about school and math courses might seem a little boring.
I’m no expert but personally, I’d go for something else. But like I said, I think it comes down to how you write about it.</p>
<p>Its very unlikely to be effective. Its an academic topic. The rest of your app talks to academics. Try to show the reader another side of your personality and that you’re well-rounded.</p>
<p>Provocative, well conceived opening sentences. Rapid transitions in the opening sentences. </p>
<p>This is not authoritative. However, this is what a hook looks like to me. It is always characterized by concrete, intelligible, and energetic opening lines. This is a natural magnet to discerning eyes. Dynamic, powerful, and/or enthusiastic transitions act to hold the reader’s interest. </p>
<p>It’s one thing to see an opening conform to those precepts. It’s something rare to see the polished opening in conjunction with the swift ensemble of transitions, which is tantamount to “marking” the genesis of an organic viewpoint. </p>
<p>Show me an essay, and I will show you whether it is interesting (from my perspective). Then, if possible, I will identify an iteration of the formula laid out above and (with enough examples) demonstrate that the majority of interesting essays, indeed, have effective hooks.</p>
<p>I understand what you are getting at. If there was only one essay to describe me, I probably wouldn’t choose the topic in my post, but since I am writing multiple essays for this application, I think it is appropriate to focus on academics in one and leave the others for extracurriculars that demonstrate that I am indeed well rounded. Is it less taboo to write about academics for an essay when I have multiple essays to write and describe myself and my extracurriculars?</p>
<p>Overcoming adversity can be an all too common topic for essays. However, I think this could be a good topic as long as you focus on what your life predicament meant to you in the way of self motivation and persistance, instead of just on the academic aspect which can be reserved for the icing on the cake.</p>