Hook

Applying to College
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<p>Are a cluster of language awards/achievements a hook? Or are they just nice achievements?</p>

<p>For example:
- took French II at the high school while in 8th grade, finished sequence with AP Fr Lang JR year (5 on AP exam)
-taking AP Fr Lit, a 2-yr course of study, as an independent study (not normally offered)
-Placed 4th, 2nd, and 1st in state on Grand Concours in successive years, also nationally ranked all years
- Won Langenscheidt French Award (one student per state)
- skipped Spanish 1 entirely and started with II
- Placed 2nd and 1st in state on National Spanish exam in successive years
- Taking AP Spanish senior year
- 3 wks volunteering in Latin American country one summer
- Inducted into both French and Spanish Honor Societies (only one in school)
- Jr year placed first in state in both French and Spanish</p>

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<p>It is a nice achievement, certainly, but not a hook. You will find that many students applying to top schools have similiar involvement and achievements, so it really depends on where you are applying.</p>

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<p>Hook is something that will guarantee admissions to some colleges.
Like summer at RSI is a guarantee admission to MIT/CalTech.</p>