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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, if we are in agreement that being on a HS sports team is a big time commitment and that sport fosters certain skills, then shouldn’t non recruited athletes get the same leg up that recruited athletes get?[/quote]

What an odd statement. There’s a reason non-recruited athletes weren’t recruited. That’s why they don’t get a leg up.[/quote]

But they learned about hard work, time management and team work. And became oh so very special. [/quote]

You don’t need to be recruited for those talents to be recognized. Being a captain on a high level team will get you a 2 at Harvard which is what you need in the rubric. You’ll get a 1 if your recruited but that two is all you need to fill that EC check.[/quote]

The point is that it is extremely hard to be a captain of a high level team. Most people can’t pass tryouts for JV[/quote]

Not everyone gets a trophy. Why is this so hard to understand? People peacock here about high ACT & SAT scores. They constantly bleat about T20 & HYPSM. Everyone’s kid is going IB and making mid-6 figures. When it comes to sports, all of a sudden, everyone needs a pacifier. I guess the DCUM gene pool is Low T.[/quote]

Getting straight As in AP courses is much easier than making the JV sports team. It’s messed up for sports teams to be so hard to join when they are supposed to be something kids do for fun on the side [/quote]

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