Is this a hook?

Applying to College
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<p>I am a first generation American; my mother is French, my father is Iranian. They moved to America shortly before I was born. Will this increase my chances of getting in, as a "hook"?</p>

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<p>No it won’t unless neither of them went to college.</p>

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<p>jesus, stop trying to depend on a hook to get you in. to me that sort of insinuates that you consider yourself not good enough for that school</p>

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<p>What’s wrong with trying to identify if you’re hooked or not? All applicants have the right to know if they’re hooked or unhooked.</p>

<p>mastablasta - Unfortunately, that’s not a hook. Many applicants to top schools have immigrant parents. What would be cool is if you could speak French and whatever language your father spoke in Iran (Iranian or Arabic? idk). Being trilingual could be a moderate boost, although not a significant one. Also, if your parents’ native culture has played an important role in your life, you could go into detail about that role in your essay(s).</p>

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<p>@NervusBreakdown. There’s nothing wrong with finding out if you’re hooked as long as you don’t lie on your application. You’ve got to use every advantage you can get WITHIN REASON. </p>

<p>If you’re black, go ahead and write black on your app. But don’t write it if your grandfather on your dad’s side is 1/2 black; that ****es me off.</p>

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Probably Persian, but possibly a couple others, I’d say. Just FYI. No Arabic, and there’s no language called “Iranian”.</p>

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<p>Haha, I’d never heard of Iranian either. Yes yes, Persian is logical.</p>

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<p>Idk if the following applies, but in some colleges, like Cornell and John Hopkins, have schools and programs in other countries. So if you know that the college you’re applying to has a program/school in France or Iran and some famous people have gone to the college or studied in that program/school, definitely mention it. It’ll show that you’re familiar with at least 50% of your heritage</p>

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<p>which is a boost, i think</p>

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<p>At any school looking to improve their diversity, it will help- especially if you can get into one of the weekend visit programs where “diverse” students are courted. You call and ask about these. Generally, you apply and have to be accepted to one of these. Ie, you must be a reasonable candidate for the school. Nothing wrong with this. Many colleges build their freshman pool with diversity in mind- racial, ethnic, geographical, economic and first-gen college, etc.</p>

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<p>This may just be a special case, but my godfather went to Harvard, class of '81.
Later he asked the admissions office why he got in. He was an average student, but they said they wanted a first generation italian sax player. True story!
If you happen to be the thing they want, yea, it can help you.</p>

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