<p>Freshman/ Full pay
AAHockey goalie
5 years DL footballer, many awards & good stats
Honor roll through MS
A lot of academic awards
SSAT 75(retaking it)
Puerto Rican/French(I<code>m a mutt)
American/French passports
sibling attends top boarding school in Europe (I don</code>t know, maybe it`s interesting)
play viola/drums
A lot of community sv. over seas
I have a strong interest in neuroscience </p>
<p>Coaches and teacher advise me to mention these things on my app.
Whats a hook and what is just interesting but holds no weight?</p>
<p>I’d say, mention all of this, but PLEASE PLEASE BE HUMBLE. I can tell you as a tour guide for my school, it annoys me to no end when kids go on about how much stuff they do. A lot of this is really interesting and cool, but no one likes the dude who says, “And when I was 5 I played at Carnegie hall while finding a cure for cancer, and then I blah blah blah.” Talk about your heritage, but don’t make it into too big a thing. Being a foreigner is a good conversation starter, but it will start to seem like you consider it your ticket in if you put too much emphasis on race/nationality. </p>
<p>This is a great record, and if in an interview you are asked about any specific thing, talk about it. Bring up a couple things about yourself that you find particularly interesting, like in my interview, for 15 minutes we talked about what I like to do with my friends on the weekends and how I planned to keep in touch with them while I was at a different school, and my interviewer was the one who brought it up. You may be applying to a top boarding school or whatever, but you are also a teenager, and parts of your interview should reflect that. </p>
<p>On a written application, put down this list, and if asked about anything from it during an interview, answer more specifically. </p>
<p>Also, be cool to tour guides ;)</p>
<p>Wow, really helpful. Thanks for those tips. I<code>m just going to be myself. Don</code>t want to come off as a bragger.</p>
<p>facbrat gives excellent advise.</p>
<p>The most important advice I was ever given is that your interviewer wants to know about your EC’s, but they also want to hear about what kind of person you are. You know, do you prefer the Beatles or the Rolling Stones? How close is your family? Favorite holiday and why?</p>
<p>How do you spend your day? What do you feel passionate about (doesn’t have to be an EC)? What do you think about? </p>
<p>Your application will tell them what you do–you’ll stand out by letting them see who you are.</p>