<p>Im going to be a senior next year. I've always wanted to play rugby but it isn't a very popular high school sport. There are a few dozen teams in my state but their mostly from private schools and have been established for a while. Last year I decided to start a rugby team at my high school. I spent a couple months trying to find a coach. Getting in contact with coaches of teams from other schools and asking them if they knew anyone who would be interested. When that didn't work out I got in contact with the nearby adult team and they gave me the email address of the head of ohio's high school rugby association. </p>
<p>While I was looking for the coach I got the names and numbers of a bunch of guys who were interested so when I set up a meeting with the head of the league we already had about forty guys show up with their parents for him to talk to. He said it was the most organized start-up team he'd ever seen. A couple weeks later we started practicing for the season and had our coaches. After talking to the athletic director and the principal for several weeks and drafting a petition for the school board they said that we couldn't practice or play on school property for insurance reasons. So we found are own field to practice at and after a couple months bumped up to division one for the state championships and did incredible against teams that have been established for 5-10 years. </p>
<p>Is this a hook? Should I write one of my essays about it?</p>
<p>"Hooks" are usually huge factors that demand extra consideration. For example, being a recruited athlete would be a hook, because it's a completely different process. Being a URM, a legacy, or a child of a large donor would also be considered as a hook. However, it doesn't sound like you'll be recruited, so I would be hesitant to call that scenario a hook.</p>
<p>However, it is an EXCELLENT experience that shows skill, leadership, drive, and initiative. I would definitely consider writing about it, or somehow making this show through the application (perhaps an additional rec from the coach or something).</p>
<p>i don't think it's a hook, but it's something positive for your application, because just as Baelor said, it does show your initiative and leadership potential, not to mention athletic capabilities. good luck john.</p>
<p>It's not a hook because it wouldn't help fill an unofficial quota, like racial diversity, socio-economic diversity, athletes, or legacies. However, it is a really impressive thing to put on an application, and certainly demonstrates your initiative and leadership capabilities.</p>
<p>A hook is something that'll really give the college a reason to accept you. You must have something really nice to offer them. Colleges want URM's, athletes, and pehaps some research genius or some very talented musician for their musicals, because they have a really nice skill that they can offer. You can't really offer much to the colleges w/ rugby other than a presence on the official rugby club team.</p>
<p>It's not a hook, but it's worth writing essays about. It's one of those really good things because colleges can write "We have in our freshman class a trapeze artist, a TV news reporter, ... , and a RUGBY TEAM FOUNDER." It sounds impressive and makes them look good...</p>