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[quote=Anonymous]"True about life lessons but IMO what carried the day for my injured athlete were the tangible accomplshments he was left with once sports was out of the picture. Using sports really complicated the whole admissions process. If he had to do it all over again, I doubt he would repeat that path much as he loves playing."

I don't see it that way at all and I think if you talked to college councilors and admissions people, they would agree.

I think colleges love the student who has had a shining passion and whose time with it was cut short through no fault of their own.

In the applications you list not only the EC but the number of hours per week spent.  That totally explains not having any backup activity in most cases of sports.

Then if the sport has to end, the colleges do not ask, Why wasn't the student also a world class pianist or researcher? but rather how quickly and completely did they apply all they learned from their sport into new activities?

They know the student can't catch up to other students who were focused on the new activities since middle school.

They are just looking for the athlete who spent 32 hours a week training for gymnastics to switch to 20 some odd hours of activities where they are searching for their next thing rather than sitting in their room feeling sorry for themselves.

They know the ability to not feel sorry for yourself is huge and if the student knows they are doing it and can write coherently about the process, it can certainly be as big of a hook as the sport was in the first place.

No, it's not a sure thing, anymore than being #20 at tennis in the country is a sure hook at Stanford where you are likely competing against students ranked #3, #7 and #14.

But schools really want a former #20 tennis star who moved on to class vice president or district triple jump champion without missing a beat.[/quote]

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