<p>I went to a really gettho school in New Mexico after moving from California. I spent a year in a boarding school in India, where many students were expected to go to IIT. I then came back to the states and homeschooled myself while doing competitive figure skating. When I was 13 I took a test called the CPE and enrolled in classes at the local comm. college, after working on my basics I began working on my two year degree. I am in my 2nd year and once I complete it, I will be about 16 1/2 years old and will get my GED. Do you think this is a hook?</p>
<p>I am also a minority, first generaton american and first person to go to college on my moms side. I come from a low income family as well $40,000<</p>
<p>Sounds like you’ve got more than one hook there! My son, who just graduated from Stanford, was also a homeschooler and took a number of community college classes, and I know Stanford likes homeschoolers, so that certainly can’t hurt. I wrote the counselor’s letter for him and emphasized how homeschooling allowed him to pursue his passions better. That would certainly apply to you.</p>
<p>With your family income, Stanford will likely pay most of your way, should you get in, too. Good luck!</p>
<p>Sweet. I only homeschooled for a year but it gave me a chance to really find my true passion: psycology. I am going to the college full time now.</p>
<p>Your case is extremely unusual; you apparently didn’t go to high school at all. You’re definitely a transfer applicant. Keep in mind that it’s very difficult for anybody to transfer to Stanford. I’m not sure exactly how Stanford will view your unique situation, though. It’s not really a hook; your rapid academic advancement, although impressive, may backfire in that colleges could simply think that you’re not ready for it socially. Make sure that, in your essays, you convey a sense of mental maturity which shows that you can handle a real college (I’m assuming that you commuted to community college). Also, be sure to apply to a bunch of safeties. Transfer admissions is arguably even harder than freshman admissions, and you don’t want to be stuck after community college.</p>
<p>The question is: Are you attending community college as a fulltime college student or as a dual-enrolled high school student? If it as dual enrollment, you can still apply as a freshman. If fulltime college, of course, you will have to apply as a transfer.</p>
<p>and you spent a year in india? so are you indian? if so, then you aren’t a minority in college admissions. college admission classifies by “underrepresented” minorities. basically black, hispanic, and native american.</p>