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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gemini tells me that about 1-2 percent of students get a 1500+ and about 35-40 percent of students play a varsity sport in their senior year.

These numbers aren't perfect and both vary a lot by school, but clearly far more high school students play a sport than get a 1500+.[/quote]
It’s kind of meaningless to talk about “playing a varsity sport”  generically if you want to understand the experience of individual student athletes.

I ran track and swam varsity for my high school.  I lifted with the football team and was stronger than many of those kids.  All three sports were no cut.

My son played for a nationally ranked varsity basketball program.  Three students his senior year were transfers from WCAC schools that heavily recruit for basketball.  Two were transfers from IMG academy (sports school in Florida with many future pros).  One was a transfer recruited from a public school in New Jersey. Every non-transfer (including my son) had been recruited heavily by the coach since middle school.  Almost no kids who didn’t choose the school specifically in order to play basketball ever made the varsity team.  Tryouts were held, but varsity team meetings and “optional” practices started the first week of school. Note these weren’t open gyms - only kids the coach knew would be on the varsity team attended. Three kids from that team are playing professionally.

It’s meaningless to talk about “playing a varsity sport” without discussing which sport at which school.  [/quote]

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