Chances for YALE! (got me two lil' hooks)

mayiplzgovertigo
Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:05:44 +0000

HOOK: I am an immigrant. I arrived in the United States near the age of nine, and I essentially had to learn English from scratch. Ironically, English has been one of my strongest subjects. I have always enjoyed reading good literature (currently, I am enjoying a lot of Sartre). I took the AP Language test with little to no preparation and scored a 5. Yes, I do have a Joycean command of the English language (just kidding).

^ thats not a hook at all. i immigrated from the US when i was 5. in fact, our family was very wealthy in korea and when we first came to america, we lived in a rat infested one-room apartment in a very bad nieghborhood. My dad, once a corporate manager, was now reduced to working menial labor, the scars on his arms showing physical evidence.

but hey, im not including THAT in my apps :)