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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Four years ago I heard an AO from UVA say they like students who played sports and still got good grades because that shows they can manage their time. [/quote]

I agree that a non-recruited athlete's college application will show that they can manage their time well. But so can any other applicant with a time consuming EC. The thing is that in this country playing a sport intensely, where it takes up hours every week but where the student athlete will NOT be a recruited college athlete, is not going to make the applicant stand out in any way. So many applicants spend hours a week playing their sport and by doing so they do gain valuable attributes and experiences, but they do not gain anything that will help them stand out. It is just the reality of the process.

Look, my college junior is a college recruited athlete at a T50 school. He had a very strong GPA and significant rigor in his HS course load but if he hadn't been a recruited athlete all the hours he spent on that field would not matter a bit in influencing his college applications.[/quote]

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