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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]earning varsity letters is a nice addition to college applications[/quote]

For most schools, this is a big/old myth, not in the sense that it's a bad thing to play a sport in HS, just that most admission officers view this as equal to any other activity - drama club, debate, yearbook, student gov't, etc. It's really not any kind of "ticket" to admissions anywhere unless you are getting recruited - in which case that recruiting usually has nothing to do with HS soccer/most sports.

This is hard to accept for Gen-X parents, but in many cases, HS sport takes away a lot of time and energy from more academic pursuits that would actually look better for college apps. [/quote]

I'm not Gen X, I'm 52 years old.  I said it's a nice addition, not crucial or more important than anything else.  I certainly wouldn't want my kids GPA to suffer to play a sport or do any other activity but at the end of the day, those extras ARE what will set your kid apart from every other kid with a 4.2 GPA trying to get into a state school.  The extra can be sports, or debate, whatever.  But it's not all just GPA and test scores that get you into college[/quote]
Huh? 52 years old is smack in the middle of Gen X[/quote]

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