David Hogg: Yep, it’s a hook ( but what a sad one)

Hanna
Sat, 22 Dec 2018 23:13:31 +0000

He may well feel LESS pressure at Harvard than elsewhere. He won’t be the only one in the class with a famous name or national/global achievements on his resume. It’s kind of normal there. Harvard students work very hard to pretend that they are not impressed by the stars in their midst.

On semantics: “hook,” to me, does not mean an unearned edge. It means anything that pulls you out of the ordinary pool for special consideration. Olympians are hooked applicants, just like legacies.