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[quote=Anonymous]I am the original pp who brought up the sports as being as important as doing the heavy workload and what might really make the difference in one person being selected over another as interesting for admittance, an interview, etc.  That said, I do think there is an equal need to those pure academic types, and I think that it is important that those who are in that category to have something outside their studies at school that shows they have the initiative to push the envelope as a leader - be it in leading a team, in taking on something risky because it could be important, in hanging in there is something that is boring as all hell in order to get the final result - anything that shows the personality of the person.  Getting good grades simply doesn't, and honestly, now that I know my niece dropped 50 points on the math section of the SAT by getting only ONE question wrong, clearly the SAT doesn't have enough specificity to distinguish much among a group of high-achieving students at school.  Personally I wish schools would ratchet down the amount of school work they are requiring so those students who take longer to do the work would have the time to show other distinguishing characteristics about themselves, but I guess they can do that over the summer or by taking a "gap" year after graduation.[/quote]

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