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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is elite level athlete?  You are either recruitable, or not recruitable.  [/quote]

You can be recruitable but choosing not to play. If a girl was a starter on a nationally ranked team but chose not to play they still have a fantastic EC. If they were a captain on the team even better. They were elite at their main EC which is the bar.[/quote]

Definitely not true and I say this as a parent of varsity atheletes.  If your kid is not an athletic recruit, sports are among the useless ecs.  May get some leadership points if kid is a varsity captain, but others pretty useless as far as admission as  impact.[/quote]

This.  If your kid isn't going to play in college (and putting aside sports where the kid might get national exposure competing outside of school), the school DNGAF.  [/quote]

I disagree. DS won at a national level for a sport he didn’t pursue in college. I think doing something (and winning) at that scale absolutely matters. Why wouldn’t it? I think top colleges want winners. People who go out and accomplish big things. I don’t know if that’s why he got in, but his results were excellent and without those accomplishments I’m not sure he had the same strong narrative [/quote]

The national win is what matters. And gets you the rubric points.
Not playing the sport.[/quote]

It's the level of excellence, not the sport itself.....some just hate the idea that colleges value sports so much that it colors their thinking.[/quote]

You are saying the same thing. Sports gets you there bc its natl recognition. Could be something else too that gets natl recognition.[/quote]

Yes! But just read this thread. There is a bunch of people who say that sports useless as an EC along with a few who are correcting them and saying that it can be powerful if combined with excellence. Context matters for any EC, including sports.[/quote]

Not the way you are defining excellence.  An olympian or equivalent, yes.  Not some kid who made all state for basketball.[/quote]

The all state basket player applying to Harvard will absolutely get the two that they need for their EC/Athletics bucket. Why are you struggling with that? The correct information is not hard to find.[/quote]

Wouldn't an all state basketball player with sufficient stats be recruitable at harvard?
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No, unfortunately. I state that based on experience.
If my family could go back and do it again I'd somehow - not sure how though - direct my DS to not put so many hours and years into his sport as doing so kept him from other activities and that hurt him in the college application race.[/quote]

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