NYC Moms/Dads: Is It Possible to Get Into HYP From NYC Without a Hook?

NJres
Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:38:32 +0000

OK, here is anecdotal evidence. Our public hs did fairly well this year with quite a few admits to Ivy league schools. The kids are all great, but in most cases you can identify a “hook”, ie, a couple of athletes, a double legacy, building on campus named after kid’s grandfather, you know, things like that… but 2 kids going to Princeton and Yale respectively don’t have what we call a hook (at least none that I am aware of). 2400 SATs, 4.5 gpa (on a 4.5 scale), winners of numerous math, science, drama, music competitions, these are not hooks, right? (NOT athletes). On the other hand… maybe they each had 5 hooks.

So, my evidence says it is possible, but you have to be pretty darned outstanding in many many ways to get in!