<p>Well I am not gonna bother asking my chances. I just want to ask you that if you were an admissions officer what would you be thinking of my application?</p>
<p>SAT 1: Writing: 670, Math: 680, Critical Reading: 660
SAT 2: Chemistry: 760, Math 1: 690, French: 690</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Ceramics and Volunteering in India
Reach for the top
debating
mock trial
City of Toronto Volunteering
Toronto Youth Cabinet
Youth Action Commitee
Regional Biodiversity Project in India
Environmental Monitoring and awareness in India
Indian Classical Vocal Music</p>
<p>Admissions Essays:
-Compared Meursault of "The Outsider" and his initial apathy to the popularization of apathy by emo subcultures
-The philosophical and epistemological of my travels in the Himalayas.</p>
<p>Hooks: Lived in the middle of nowhere in India in a small university town for 13 years of my life in which the language of instruction was bengali.</p>
<p>So as an admission officer, what impression would you get of me?</p>
<p>I would guess that you are going to be a science applicant, very interesting app... I would (personally) like to meet you for coffee and discuss your essays... interesting topic choice.... what were your stances?
I find you very interesting and perhaps the admof would too... they are trying to bring "diversity" into the college, right?</p>
<p>My Himalayas essay was about how perceptions change as one gets older. It deals with how I felt very much in tune with the Himalayan environment as a child but began to grow distant or feel alienated from it in my later travels. This was due to paranoia about environmental degradation and political unrest of the region that I was not aware of as a child. It basically talks about the ideas of civilization vs. nature and the loss of innocence.</p>
<p>In my meursault essay, I spoke of how he was emblematic of the futility of apathy. And basically expanded on that idea. I later juxtaposed it to the irony of how in present days to be apathetic has become fashionable in the emo subculture. Etc etc. </p>
<p>I felt my interview was really, really great. My interviewer seemed to like me a lot. </p>
<p>I forgot to mention as well, I taught myself guitar and piano. As well I wrote my extended essay on the urbanization of my Indian small town in the middle of nowhere. It is the paper ever to examine this particular issue.</p>
<p>Well, Physics08, what's your official definition of a hook? I'm not part of the admissions committee and I'm willing to bet you aren't either. The word "hook" gets thrown around a lot on this website and no one actually knows what it means. So our friend's origins are "not really a hook" in your book...what's your point?</p>
<p>If you were schooled in rural India for 13 years in a Bengali-medium school, you might be confused about the definition of a "hook" too. Cut our friend some slack.</p>
<p>Holy ****, you were way more sophisticated on your essay than I was... I just wrote about my child hood :( Honestly, though your living situations may not be a hook, I think that admission officers will take into account the fact that an untraditional environment has impacted your education... honestly, I think you are as good of an applicant as any of us, if not better.
It's insane how many interesting people I meet on CC. I hope I get to meet you in person some day... I want to hear your perspective on socialization... :)
Good Luck!</p>
<p>Well I assumed that a hook was something that makes you stand out of other applicants and thus I considered my childhood situation to be somewhat random to be turning up in the application pool. Oh well.</p>
<p>I am glad to know that my application does not sound "high" as my friends commented. But I am not sure if it would have been a bad thing.</p>
<p>Inaina -- It would be nice to get to know you too! Tell me a bit about yourself. I am guessing you're not from Mercury...</p>
<p>Well, I'd have to say a reject, if I'm an admissions officer (for Harvard assuming). It's mostly based on your scores and GPA. Essay topics are impressive and seem to have a lot of thought into them. I really don't think a small university town is a "middle of nowhere". Anyway, good luck with your other apps!</p>