<p>If both my parents did not go to college; would that be considered as a hook?</p>
<p>I'm not sure if that would be a hook per se, but it would definitely help.</p>
<p>First in my immediate family to go to college. I have a cousin that went.</p>
<p>My original statement still applies. Being first in your family to go to college isn't really a hook unless you do something extraordinary and unusual with it since it applies to so many people, but it definitely will help in the admissions process.</p>