<p>Hooks are not required to be accepted. Hooks are not easily obtained much less defined by any one school. IMO, a lot that has been mentioned are good achievements and challenges but not hooks. A real hook would be a letter of recommendation written by a current or past BOD member, faculty or real friend of the school. Just because you may have a hook doesn’t guarantee acceptance. Once you have the fish on, you have to land it.</p>
<p>Agree with Ops but to put it in perspective, a hook is something that you can provide for what a particular school is needing at a particular point in time. So, for example my son who is a sprinter was told by X prestigious boarding school, “We have three sprinters already on the track team, we don’t need one this year, he’ll have to get in on his academic record (alone).”</p>
<p>Just wondering if having my own healthy company in which more than 500 thousand dollars have been invested by foreigners would be a hook ?</p>
<p>Shujew95-
While a hook is normally something that fills an institutional need (see redbluegoldgreen’s post above on how something can be a hook at one school but not another) this may be one of the rare cases where the accomplishment in and of itself may be a hook in that it provides the school with bragging rights. Other examples of this might be a student who’s been to the olympics in a sport the school doesn’t offer or one who’s published a novel with a major publisher. The school may also see you as a future big donor, even if you aren’t classified as a development case at the moment.</p>
<p>In any case, attracting that kind of investment is nothing to sneeze at and will likely make the admissions committee pay attention.</p>
<p>Sue22 - Thanks a lot for your detailed answer. I really appreciate it</p>
No.
Having answered the last question, I am now closing this 6 year old thread. Old threads should be used for research but should not be resurrected. If a question needs to be asked, start a new discussion.