The smartest college admissions guide you’ll ever read.
"Remarkable! This book gives away all the creative secrets that successful applicants use to make their college applications stand out from the thousands of others. The “Bright Ideas” sections alone make this book the best guide to success in college admissions ever written. I’m going to buy The College Hook for all my students."
Make sure that at least one essay – either your main essay, a “most meaningful activity essay,” or a supplemental essay – focuses clearly on your Hook. This is a fundamental strategy in packaging your Hook. And because admissions folks have only a few seconds or minutes at best to read your peerless prose, grab them right from the start with a catchy lead – one that sums up not only the essay but also your Hook.
The College Hook is every student’s guide to the powerful packaging weapon known as the Hook – a special talent, achievement, or personal quality that will leap off the page of a college application and catch the eye of admissions officers.
Through an inside look at the secrets of real students, who describe how they succeeded in today’s high-stakes game of college admissions, readers will learn how to:
—Donna P. Olson, M. Ed. International Baccalaureate Coordinator Sebastian River High School
At a time when competition for entry to the nation’s top colleges is at an all-time high – and intensifying every year – the “packaging” secrets available in The College Hook will help any student maximize the odds of admission to the college of his or her choice. The College Hook was published in July 2007 from Center Street (Hachette Book Group, formerly Warner Books). Click here to find out more about Pam's college consulting program.
“Pam Proctor's new book THE COLLEGE HOOK may strike some high school students as too commercial, too much like packaging a new cereal or a new video game, but the fact is that college admissions at selective schools is a very competitive marketplace. In order to succeed in the sale, the applicant has to think about, and work to achieve, something that will appeal strongly to the buyers, the college admissions officers. This book will help them to do that thinking and to learn what it is about themselves that they really care about, which will make them stand out from the crowd of other well-qualified applicants.”
—Will Fitzhugh, The Concord Review
“Gaining admittance into the college of your choice is no easy task. With THE COLLEGE HOOK…your odds are greatly improved! This is a must-read for teens getting ready to begin sending out those applications. From writing an interesting, professional resume to acing your admissions interview, everything about the application process is covered.”
—Jennifer Wardripwww.teensreadtoo.com
“For students overwhelmed by the college admission process, Pam Proctor provides practical suggestions in a style and tone encouraging to teens. In addition to citing numerous examples from students, she offers a wealth of suggestions and programs to help them identify and develop their special Hooks. The book meets many needs.”
—Linda H. Campbell, Director of College Guidance Lancaster Country Day School
“Even with top grades and killer test scores, you are still stuck in a crowd of applicants who look just like you. The practical advice in this book helps any applicant stand out. Using these techniques, our children exceeded their expectations and overcame the reality of a buyers’ market, landing in great schools where they are very happy today.”
—Stuart Woodward, parent
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