<p>Hey, guys, I'm curious about how highly a national championship in an individual sport is looked upon. I won the national powerlifting championships this year at the Junior Olympics in Detroit. Is a championship like this a good "hook"?</p>
<p>Yes. it is definitely an attention grabber and shows you dedicated yourself to a goal.</p>
<p>*Hook *probably isn’t the right term to use. A hook is usually something that addresses an institutional want or need of the college or university. If you were a national champion in, say tennis, that would benefit the college because the college has a tennis team. (And presumably they’d like it to be competitive.)</p>
<p>But do a lot of colleges have competitive weightlifting? Do any?</p>
<p>It’s a good extracurricular accomplishment. You should certainly list it on your college applications. But it’s not going to vault you over the competition the way being able to dunk a basketball would.</p>
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<p>Example of a school that would love to talk to you…</p>