Application - Sports EC, but not recruited

[Anonymous]

I really think my DD got into a HYPSM because she was on varsity cross country for four years and captain. She wrote a short essay on being the slowest runner on the team but loving the sport and teammates.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a spot on the application to estimate the average hours per week spent on each activity. The point of that is to see how much time was spent on non academic activities to put the grades effort into perspective. (a 4.0 with 15 hours in sports =/= a 4.0 with zero ECs, for example). So this is a point in his favor.

The other thing they are looking for in the activity column is to see how your child might contribute to the life of the college, so if the only thing there is something they know you won't be doing at the school (assuming the school doesn't have club level in the sport), it doesn't hurt, but it also isn't helpful. If he truly did nothing else with his time at all, then find a way to morph his sports into something related that he might be interested in doing in the life of the school, like team manager, or sports writer or announcer, or work in the athletic facility, or start a club team, etc. etc.

And the best part is, they have no way of validating this <wink> <wink>. I realize that they may look to the counselor's reco. letter for this validation but the counselor goes off a boilerplate that the student fills out.

so you are suggesting lying? excellent. such a noble way to teach your kid
btw, most admissions folks have been doing their thing for a very long time. they've seen it all and if they sense a non-honest application they will put it on the "denied" pile. they have way too many applications these days than to spend any time one there is a question of their integrity. on to the next

Sure! They have a sixth sense to ferret out lies. That's why they are stuck at a low paying job at Haverford or whatever..

DP. What is your issue with Haverford PP?? You keep bringing this school up. Ahh, right, your kid probably didn't get in

Nope. You are thinking about the wrong person. I don't even know where Haverford is nor how good or bad it is. Just a random name that popped into my head when I wrote that post. Relax, your fav. school remains unsullied.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a spot on the application to estimate the average hours per week spent on each activity. The point of that is to see how much time was spent on non academic activities to put the grades effort into perspective. (a 4.0 with 15 hours in sports =/= a 4.0 with zero ECs, for example). So this is a point in his favor.

The other thing they are looking for in the activity column is to see how your child might contribute to the life of the college, so if the only thing there is something they know you won't be doing at the school (assuming the school doesn't have club level in the sport), it doesn't hurt, but it also isn't helpful. If he truly did nothing else with his time at all, then find a way to morph his sports into something related that he might be interested in doing in the life of the school, like team manager, or sports writer or announcer, or work in the athletic facility, or start a club team, etc. etc.

And the best part is, they have no way of validating this <wink> <wink>. I realize that they may look to the counselor's reco. letter for this validation but the counselor goes off a boilerplate that the student fills out.

Please don't go down this road. This is cheating.