<p>My hook is that I have the sexiest voice on CC. Think "Bond, James Bond." And I sent in a Mercedes-Benz sportster as supplementary materials.</p>
<p>Harvard adcom received a beautiful hand made kayak one year as supplemental material, full sized. They returned it.</p>
<p>the real question is: was the person who submitted the kayak accepted? lol...</p>
<p>I would think so. Harvard could certainly use that kind of master craftsmanship.</p>
<p>Damn! They stole my idea for getting accepted RD :p</p>
<p>The sports cabriolet, or the hand-made kayak?</p>
<p>athletics. get yourself out there and get recruited.</p>
<p>^This, I still don't understand. How does having a good water polo team contribute to the academic "well-roundedness" of the class? It would be more understandable if a large percentage of Harvard athletes went on to accomplish great feats in the sports world, but since that's really not the case...</p>
<p>academic well-roundedness is not always what it's about</p>
<p>it's well-roundedness as a person, as in the activities you take part in and the passions you pursue</p>
<p>By the way, my hook is made of carbon-fiber reinforced graphite composite material. It helps me lift most things and is not too much of a strain on the arm, and I think it is enough to enable one to become accepted to Harvard under the early action program. However, if I had applied to Harvard under regular action, I would definitely have switched to a titanium or tungsten hook. It puts more strain on the arm but the extra oomph afforded by this kind of hook is definitely needed to overcome the lower acceptance rate of the regular action round.</p>
<p>I read this article a couple months ago about underwater hockey. Like, it's hockey... but they do everything on the bottom of a pool. It sounded really cool. </p>
<p>At least, I think is was hockey.</p>
<p>How do the athletes stay at the bottom of the pool? Do they put weights on their footwear? Dang, that whole game must be in slow-mo. It's hard enough to walk in water...imagine swinging a stick with massive surface area to propel a little puck. Maybe they kind of push it, like shuffleboard.</p>
<p>Incidentally, my hook is my exquisitely shaped left shoulder blade. People come from miles to see it.</p>
<p>Praise the Mikado!</p>
<p>do u reckon that one day everyone will have hooks and that not having a hook would become a hook? cuz that would be cool.</p>
<p>I think the just swim at the bottom of the pool. They probably have fins, in which case swimming on the bottom isa lot easier. They have snorkles, but since the pool is obviously deeper than that, they need to quickly leave the game to reach the surface to breathe sometimes! They had a quote from someone talking about scoring a goal when you're out of breathe with burning lungs! Yeah, but maybe it wasn't even hockey. I don't really remember, but hockey kind of makes sense, I guess. I mean, it wouldn't be baseball or anything.</p>
<p>"it's well-roundedness as a person, as in the activities you take part in and the passions you pursue"</p>
<p>But isn't the unanimous decision on this board that Harvard doesn't necessarily look for well-rounded individuals (many of whom don't EXCEL in sports and get rejected anyways) but instead a well-rounded class?</p>
<p>Asiaknight, you are on target. The idea that a student needs to be "well-rounded" is completely outdated in college admissions. The idea is the pursue the thing(s) you love, go as far as you can go with it/them, and you maximize your chances for acceptance.</p>
<p>Colleges want a "well-rounded" CAMPUS with many students who have exceptional talent....</p>
<p>i love how there are 2 threads in this one, the serious one and the one about literal hooks.</p>
<p>power to all those who lighten up cc.</p>
<p>I bet Captain Hook would have been a shoe-in at H.</p>
<p>^ Favorite post. :D</p>