What qualifies something as a hook

@happy1 I do have a few schools in mind. The admit rate for our state school (it’s one of the better state schools in the USA, but privacy reasons so can’t say which) from our high school is nearly 100%, and they almost always offer massive scholarships. I have a sure shot there. I have other schools in mind. I only posted the ones that I did on Chance Me, since I wanted to have an appreciation of my chances for my absolute top choices. I have safety schools as well. My main concern is in the highly competitive picks.