<p>Hello all! I was wondering: does coming from a military school and being a first generation college student would make me a "hooked" applicant? On Princeton's site, it says that military school applicants who enrolled represented .2% of the class of 2015 (2.6 applicants, probably 3 people). I really appreciate you all taking the time to read my question!!</p>
<p>When people on CC talk about “hooks,” they are usually talking about a characteristic of an applicant that meets a college’s wants or needs.</p>
<p>Many colleges and universities want racial and socioeconomic diversity. A student who is a member of an underrepresented minority group, or who comes from a disadvantaged background, meets this want.</p>
<p>Most colleges and universities have basketball teams, swim teams, volleyball teams, etc. A student who is a talented athlete meets an institutional need for players. The same principle may apply, to a lesser extent, to a student who can play in an orchestra or do a lighting design for a play.</p>
<p>All colleges depend on generous donors. A student whose family can and will make a generous monetary gift to a college or university is unquestionably “hooked.”</p>
<p>But I’m not sure that Princeton feels a desire or a need to enroll military school graduates–at least, not in the way it wants and needs linebackers and sprinters. Coming from a military school may or may not make you interesting to the admissions committee, but I don’t think it qualifies as a “hook.”</p>
<p>Alright, thank you!</p>