What's YOUR hook?

Applying to College
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<p>To the user thisyearsgirl, I am also the son of a diplomat, and I am currently living in Canada. I was accepted to McGill and was considered a LOCAL student. So long as when you apply, you are living in the USA on diplomatic status, you should avoid being labelled an international student.</p>

<p>In Canada there are 3 categories: state, out-of-state, international. I applied in state and was considered an in state student. My friend, also son of a diplomat, applied out-of-state on diplomatic status, and was considered as an out-of-state. We both had easier chances to get in and will pay less $$$ in tuition. Check with your universities if you will be applying on diplomatic status.</p>

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<p>greekstyle – thank you! i’ll definitely look it up.</p>

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<p>1500 volunteer hours
4 marathons
1 ironman.
(hopefully AP nation scholar)</p>

<p>going to spend a couple of days and see if i can “train” with the school i wnt to go coach’s over the summer.</p>

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<p>Hook for Williams - adversity / diversity.</p>

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<p>i listen to bands on lockinout records.</p>

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<p>I saved a bunch of nuns and kittens from a burning building.</p>

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<p>essay about me flooding my bathroom</p>

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<ul>
<li>foreign exchange student</li>
<li>grade trend</li>
<li>challenging senior year (4 AP courses, 2 honors)</li>
<li>essay about how the “japanese eat cockroaches”</li>
</ul>

<p>Somehow I made it into all of my colleges even though I have low stats for out-of-state!</p>

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<p>thisyearsgirl, my first one was hindi, and by second was bengali (both indian, but actually pretty different)</p>

<p>Wow, you’ve mastered every European language lol</p>

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<p>i wish i knew hindi! i don’t actually know all those languages – i lived in russia until i was five, studied dutch for two years, and german for a year, but i can only remember a few words. otherwise english would be my sixth language. i do know some spanish, though.</p>

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<p>I visited most of the European Art museums. I love paintings and I apply for engineering. Could that be a hook ?</p>

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<p>i have massive genitals and it got me into harvard</p>

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<p>well lucky you!</p>

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<p>12 years of classical indian dance, and i’ve been teaching for 1 year.</p>

<p>thethoughtprocess - i speak bengali too :D</p>

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<p>hahah my other post was a joke, unfortuantely both parts are untrue. i posses neither the aforementioned or a harvard degree. im not sure which is worse.</p>

<p>the best hooks are good grades, period.</p>

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<p>I’m a minority female with a fervent passion for learning.</p>

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<p>i performed a liver transplant, and went on a spaceship mission with nasa and came back safely, cured a few AIDS patients in Zambia, and saved a lotta people during the tsunami</p>

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<p>maybe UCI_Hopeful meant (s)he GOT cured from cancer… or maybe the other, that (s)he cured cancer.</p>

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<p>Or maybe s/he was just sarcastic.</p>

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<p>one of the adcoms and I have a secret affair</p>