<p>I don't think women in biology is that much of a hook anymore due to the large numbers of females majoring in that concentration, but what about women in, say, physics/math/chemistry? Are they still hooks?</p>
<p>I'm also a girl who wants to major in mathematics.</p>
<p>me too. did u guys write about that in any part of your app?</p>
<p>for intended major, i put mathematics on the supplement page.</p>
<p>i mean, did u write an essay abt it, or discuss it at length? because i don't mention it anywhere...</p>
<p>No, i sort of discussed it briefly in my essay, but not really. However, i got a letter of rec from my calc bc teacher. And she pretty much said that i was the most brilliant math student she'd ever had. So i hope that helps.</p>
<p>yeah, i also got a rec from my math teacher. don't know what he wrote though.... hope it was good. :)</p>
<p>Good luck with getting in. :)</p>
<p>thanx, u 2. so, u gonna bring ur porche 2 harvard if u get in? :P</p>
<p>i'm not sure. my parents think i'll have a better freshman year if i don't have a car. I'll be less distracted, so forth. So i don't know. But we'll see.</p>
<p>I wish I had a car...</p>
<p>me too... ...</p>
<p>hey guys, I just registered because I had a few questions about hooks...
I am the daughter of two South American immigrants neither of which went to college. I also live in a small town in Vermont. My recommendations are great and my grades are pretty good I'm in the top 10% of my class. I'm a varsity athlete, I've also had lead roles in most of the plays that I've done as well as a lot of community theatre, I spent my summer in Nicaragua shooting a documentary about the children of a small town that I was building a library for and I'm planning to send the film as a supplement. Other than that I have a lot of community service stuff and am the president of several clubs but my SATs I think are going to bring me down and I am applying for financial aid.
Any advice would be welcome!</p>
<p>I would suggest reaising ur grades and studying for the SATs your ECs are very solid and that tape is an amazing hook but the grades might be your one weakness.</p>
<p>dng, as long as your SATs are considerably higher than others in your area, I wouldn't worry about it. Just make sure your best aspects stand out and overlap your 'bad' SAT scores.</p>
<p>it's funny...109 people got a 2400 that first time...anyway that's irrelevant...at our school there's a 2400, perfect GPA, most rigorous courseload (12 APs by grad) who got deferred...makes the rest of us feel good with our 2200s and our ECs. wahoo for appreciation of the well-rounded.</p>
<p>I've taken the SATs twice and was unhappy with both scores,
should I take them again or does that look bad?</p>
<p>Yeah three times is ok, don't worry.</p>
<p>do you guys know what a hook is? a hook is not 3 million hours of volunteer work, or starting up your own company, or being a co-author of a published paper. those are YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS.</p>
<p>a hook is a unique factor that distinguishes you from other applicants that can't be voluntarily done by you (for the most part). income, URM, legacy are all hooks, but being a valedictorian and getting perfect SATs and SAT2s are not hooks.</p>
<p>Is RSI a hook?</p>