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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Really hard to feel sorry for people when the athletic hook doesn’t work for them. [/quote]

It’s not hard if you’re not an ahole because you know how much work the kid put into it.[/quote]

Our kids who study hard, act in plays, win speech & debate competitions, tutor peers, and write for the paper also are kids who put a lot a lot of work in. they just don't feel as entitled to gain admission with lower academic standards!

why should students whose EC is sports gain admission with lower academic standards to play sports that don't bring any benefit to the school's other students? who watches cross-country, volleyball, squash, etc.?

at least diversity helps everyone by not having people in bubbles.[/quote]

As a parent of a D1 athlete and another who was heavily involved in school ECs, there’s no comparison. The D1 athlete’s commitment was exponentially higher, and the non-athlete child would agree.  The pressure she was under to perform at her sport and to peak at exactly the right time in state and national level competition was nothing like writing for the school paper.

I’m extremely proud of both of them, but the fact that the athlete’s grades lagged in comparison to the EC kid is completely justified considering the level of commitment. And it made sense to me that the athlete ended up at an Ivy with slightly lower grades and considerably lower test scores, whereas the other student with the 1500 SAT did not. [/quote]

That is so wrong. So wrong. It's sad that you, a reasonably intelligent adult, would think like this.

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Being one of the best athletes in your sport ever in your 100 year old HS, and one of the top 75 athletes in your sport in the country (among thousands of participants) in your graduation year AND finishing in the top 5 percent of your class at the same time is more impressive than finishing in the top 2 percent and writing for the school paper.  I witnessed the determination that both took, and it just is.  No one could ever convince me otherwise.   
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We had one of those at my kids feeder. The kid was an all state athlete, top student and all round great kid. I don't know how she did it but it was impressive. Good for you and your child.[/quote]

Thank you.  Despite the accomplishments, I don’t think she enjoyed her HS experience all that much.  It was mostly just a grind for her, and much different than the vision people have of hooked athletes receiving accolades and waltzing into selective schools.

My EC kid on the other hand absolutely loved his HS experience, writing for the paper and running student government and having an active social life. My athlete daughter rarely went to a school dance or other function because they were in season.  Those are the things many athletes don’t get to experience.  When not competing on the weekends, she was studying.  She was my oldest, and I didn’t expect my other kids to follow the same path, nor did they want to. [/quote]

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