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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The DMV privates, specifically talking about high-school level the most competitive 8-10* in our area, will always take the strong athlete over any other “extra talent” once a certain academic threshold is met. It’s just like college. These days the closest thing to a guarantee to getting in to a top private is to be a great athlete at many sports or a top player in one sport. It’s amazing how much athletic talent influences admissions these days.  Other talents like music, art, acting, robotics, coding, etc… just don’t seem to matter much at all in helping with admissions.  Why is this the case?  Is it a rarer talent?  Is it easier to use to boost a school’s profile?  Are we just an athlete-obsessed culture?

* Sidwell, STA, Potomac, GDS, NCS, Holton, Maret, Landon, independent Catholic HS (GP, SR, Visi, Gonzaga). [/quote]

OP, I think you are over stating it. Knowing many current DC Private HS students and recent Grads as I do, I'd share that these student athletes are more multi-faceted than you give them credit for.

In other words one kid is a Presidential scholar nominee AND editor of the school year book AND All Met and Nationally ranked in his sport AND captain of nationally ranked robotics team

and other kids are Valedictorian and All Met and Presidential scholar Finalist

These schools are small and the applicant pool is very large and pulls from 3 nearby states Its like a mini college admissions round at an Ivy as to who gets in[/quote]

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