<p>I started a business in my 10th grade and made a considerable amount of money, I'm not going to say how much, but more than my highschool teachers yearly. It is very related to my prospective major (computer engineering), like almost directly related, basically the same thing I'm gonna do after college. I wrote about it extensively in my college applications. Is this a big hook I can use?</p>
<p>yeah that sounds like a hook! making more than minimum wage is an accomplishment for any teenager lol.</p>
<p>Thanks for the opinion, can i get anymore opinions?</p>
<p>Absolutely, that is very very impressive.</p>
<p>Not a hook. A hook is something like URM, Low income, Athlete, etc.</p>
<p>However, that is a mind blowing incredible extra curricular.</p>
<p>one question- if you’re already making so much money, why in hell have you decided to go to college?</p>
<p>well actually, i’m not sure how much your hs teachers make… but over here, whoowee!</p>
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that’s like saying to emma watson, “why are you attending brown university!? you’re so rich from harry potter!”</p>
<p>^No it’s not. Emma Watson is already loaded. She can take four years off and her financial situation will remain basically unchanged (aka still mega loaded). Emma Watson could probably basically retire now and live a very, very comfortable life. The OP could not.</p>
<p>I don’t think so. A ‘hook,’ as in something that will make colleges give you special consideration, has to be defined in their admissions policies. Ethnicity, first-generation status, legacy status, recruited athlete, perhaps coming from an underrepresented state or region of the world–these are the hooks I can think of. These categories show up again and again in freshman class break-downs.</p>
<p>If it’s not a statistical group that the college wants to have on its Common Data Set, it’s not a hook.</p>
<p>The best way to judge this for yourself is to ask yourself the question, “When colleges break down their incoming class into categories on their websites, do they include a category for people like me?” Or in other words, are they actively looking for a certain number of people with this characteristic? As I’ve never seen a college boast about the percentage of students it’s admitted who have their own successful businesses, I don’t think your hook is a hook in the traditional sense of the word.</p>
<p>Which is not to say that it’s not an impressive achievement! I think it <em>will</em> impress them. But it’s not a hook imo.</p>
<p>Very impressive, but no.</p>
<p>bump 10 ch</p>
<p>Many kids on CC claim businesses. If yours is something they can get their hands around, they’ll be impressed. But no, it’s not a hook.</p>
<p>I think not.</p>
<p>Hooks are applicant’s attributes that help colleges meet an institutional need. These institutional needs include things such as fielding successful athletic teams, promoting racial diversity, maintaining alumni relations, and building the school’s endowment.</p>
<p>Demonstrated early entrepreneurial ability, while interesting and admirable, is not a hook.</p>
<p>I always thought of a hook as something that makes you stand out compared to other applicants to admission officers (something that pulls them in and ultimately sheds your application under a more positive light). I’d say that that’d be an example of one. You’ll definitely stand out, which is what you want. Go for it!</p>
<p>Yes, I think that’s pretty compelling. It shows your leadership and motivation…along with your passion for computer engineering. I am impressed.</p>
<p>i think it is a hook. My friend also has a small business, except his is a little smaller, and it still seems to be very profitable and time consuming.</p>