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8. Not needing any financial aid and noting that on the application always helps.
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I would say middle class kids are usually the ones getting screwed. I've seen some really poor kids from this forum getting accepted to every college they apply to(HYP too)</p>
<p>We have no idea who the student was who was on DS's transcript. According to DS, this picture was NOT a flattering one for that student at all...and it certainly was not DS!! I personally do not think that the pictures should be on the transcripts at all.</p>
<p>They encourage EVERYONE to apply for financial aid; regardless of your income so I don't think it would be a factor.</p>
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why in the world would you want to leave highschool early? definitely not a hook... because you know, the admissions officers know it really isn't any fun to enter the work force any sooner.
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<p>Put it this way: why, given the chance to challenge yourself on a higher level, would you ever pass it up?</p>
<p>well because u hav yet to prove urself at the lower level...........</p>
<p>URM + Handsome</p>
<p>thats all i got right now</p>
<p>Unanimously voted team president of my Forensics (speech/debate) team-- one of the best and laregest in the state of NJ...</p>
<p>Recruited as an ambassador for jetBlue Airways in New York</p>
<p>Recruited as a travel consultant for Reliant Pharamaceuticals </p>
<p>...are any of those hooks?</p>
<p>'gus</p>
<p>ummm...i interned at a genetics lab and did genetic research and how it relates to cancer.....is that a hook in anyway shape or form???</p>
<p>Asparagus..... fermented </p>
<p>A hook is whatever the college is looking for at that particular time. If they are looking for a tuba player and you play the violin then the tuba player has the hook. </p>
<p>What both of you are involved in sounds wonderful. Whether or not it is a hook really doesn't matter. I believe the schools try to fill voids but also look at a students passion. Stick with your passions.....</p>