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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who doesn’t have sports on the application? Almost all high school students do at least one sport.

There are dozens of schools that make it to state every year. You are not going to stand out unless you have something special.[/quote]

That’s mathematically impossible [/quote]

I mean, there’s 50 state champions every year. Multiply 50 by number of sports & number of kids on those teams, it’s a lot of “state champions” applying every year.

Bottom line: do sports because you enjoy it, not for some edge for college apps. If doing multiple sports or doing a sport year round means that you don’t feel like you’re prepared for college/college apps (grades suffer bc lack of study time or don’t have time to study for SAT), then you can consider dropping a sport or dropping down a level.

But sports are a choice. Travel or year round is a choice. Don’t act otherwise.

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There are more than 50 state championship teams each year. Some larger states have multiple state championships for the same sport. This isn’t to take away from anyone who participates in a high school sport. However, playing varsity on most high school teams doesn’t mean as much in today’s recruiting climate. It’s not like 35 years ago when good-but-not-great athletes could play Div 3 as walk-ons. [/quote]

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