<p>Hooks are not a method to sort admission piles, whatever that means. </p>
<p>Brown wants diversity, of all types. Good grades and SAT scores are vital, because Brown wants to make sure its students can do the work. You could be the only left-foot playing piano player in the world but if your SATs are in the 400s, it’s not going to help. Having deaf parents makes you interesting. Whether that’s enough to get you admitted, I doubt anyone on CC knows that. </p>