<p>would being from North Dakota be considered a hook at Middlebury?</p>
<p>It would at Bates....the dean of admissions said it yesterday.</p>
<p>probably. i think that this years' class had a student from ever state... except north dakota. (and by class i mean admitted students)</p>
<p>Would being asian american first generation, and from California be a good hook. I know, I have no control over these aspects of my life, but I can still use them to my advantage, right?</p>
<p>Maybe on the Asian male thing. Being Asian generally hurts you in the Ivy League, but helps in comprable liberal arts colleges. However, Midd seems to be more focused on international diversity.</p>
<p>Okay, a hook question of my own. Would being the daughter of a potential major donor be a hook? I'm sorry, that probably sounds like a horrible question. But really, like race, it's just a circumstance you were born with, right?</p>
<p>It might be a hook but you still have to be qualified.</p>
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<p>How would the school know that your mother or father was a "potential major donor." An actual donor might provide a hook but I don't know that being related to a person who might possibly become a donor in the future is a hook unless the school is actively courting the individual as a donor . .</p>
<p>a professor at midd told me that boys in general have a slight advantage over girls in admissions, and i applied as asian american. i know it helped me get in!</p>
<p>I'm first generation Asian from Hawaii, and I have been to over 10 different schools in my lifetime in the states and overseas. I don't know if this is a hook or not, but as it has shaped who I am it will be going into my interview/essay.</p>