Hooks (URM, first-gen, etc.)

Applying to College
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If that is your legitimate intent then listen to the advice you have been given. Spend the time you have left trying to be the best possible YOU that you can be. Do you concede that you are not completing with legacies and athletes and internationals? Then also concede that you are not competing with URMs. The system is what it is and you need to move forward. Worry about how you are going to stand out and compete with other students in your own lane.

Someone hasn’t been doing their empathy exercises:

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MODERATOR’S NOTE:
Based upon some posts that I have deleted, it seems that, despite the thread title, this is not about hooks, but about race. That being the case, there is a thread for that conversation, so I am closing this thread and redirecting you:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1843141-race-in-college-applications-faq-discussion-12.html#latest