What are "Hooks"?

[Browniebaker]

<p>^Yet recruit status is something the college confers on an athlete; the athlete has no control over that.</p>

[epiphany]

<p>Asked and answered, earlier thread:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/838930-what-considered-hook.html?highlight=hooks[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/838930-what-considered-hook.html?highlight=hooks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>(Post #2)
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<p>“Several languages” are a tip, not a hook.</p>

[m4dskillz07]

<p>If I indicated that the lanuage spoken in my home and first language I learned was arabic does that give me a boost in my app?</p>

[sherpa]

<p>

Yet recruit status is something the college confers on an athlete; the athlete has no control over that.

I disagree. Outside of a few top athletes in a couple high profile sports, most athletic recruiting, especially at selective colleges, is athlete driven.</p>

<p>As long as I’m being disagreeable, I have to disagree with this, too:

Look at their college brochures, they state how many are NMFs. They want them to keep the school image. Princeton cares more about that than if you are an athlete.

As a parent of a kid who was both a NMF and a recruited athlete I can assure you that Princeton admissions values the coaches’ recruiting lists more than the NMF designation which, at a place like Princeton, is a “dime a dozen” accomplishment.</p>

[jamesford]

<p>

^Yet recruit status is something the college confers on an athlete; the athlete has no control over that.

</p>

<p>No control? Really now…</p>

[epiphany]

<p>Post 23:
No. Not any significant boost. For the University of California, English as one’s secondary language is a tip. (Earns points.) For privates, what would be impressive, as I said on the earlier thread I cited, is several languages, and that would be a tip, not a hook. Please read the difference. :)</p>

[konig]

<p>Thanks for all the responses guys!</p>

[bulletandpima]

<p>In the end of the day don’t wrap yourself around what is a hook or a tip, because it should be more important that you find a match school. Hooks, even for athletes are not going to save you from academic probation.</p>

<p>The avg student will not have a HOOK.</p>

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I believe that a hook is something virtually universal to any college with some level of selectivity (i.e., not open admissions). In that sense, a hook is the same for Stanford as it is for UIC.

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<p>Our DS was recruited by several Ivies, including Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and Penn. He also was recruited by UMich, UVA and UNCCH. A Hook for Stanford maybe a great golfer (Tiger and David Duvall both went there), but that would not be true for UMich. Liz Murray’s life was a Hook for her and universal to every college. It can be both and it depends on what the Hook is to make that call.</p>

<p>4 languages, and an International student on scholarship is a tip, not a hook. The scholarship is a huge tip because it is guaranteed money.</p>

[Papa_Chicken]

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/144779-hookology-101-special-college-applicant-qualities-admissions-advantages.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/144779-hookology-101-special-college-applicant-qualities-admissions-advantages.html?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;