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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]more asians need to focus on sports instead. I am one of 4 asian siblings and I was the only one not to get into an elite college even though I had similar or better stats than my younger siblings.

I'm much older than them - I played sports but never trained in them with the mindset of using it as a 'hook' - we didn't understand that stuff. After I went through the process, I realized the best hook is getting recruited for sports so my younger siblings were all put in sports that they were good at - but the key difference is they were then pushed to excel in them by putting them in the best teams and sacrificing for them to play in the best competitions.

the results speak for themselves.

So my advice to tj/asian kids parents - make your kid focus on a sport and then make it like it is the 4th section of the SAT's. [/quote]

I don't agree that a kid needs focus on being competetive at sports to the point of being a recruited athlete. Colleges just like to see kids who participate in sports, especially team sports where the goal is to work together with a group as opposed to sports where you mostly compete as an individual. Team sports teach a lot about working with others and how to be a good leader, qualities which college admissions officials know are useful in the academic setting, but even more so in the work world.

Colleges know that kids who have learned to be good teammates and leaders will do well both during and after their college years, so team sport experience is a plus. It's not the sports themselves that are important for most kids, it's the valuable lessons they learn from being on the team.
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Not so. My DD not only participated, but excelled. Nor did her talent in music. Nor did her stellar AP scores. Nor did her stellar grades (straight As middle school and all through high school). Nor did her great test scores. Nor did her community service. And no, she didn't apply to any Ivies because she was not interested in them. Not her schtick.

She did not have a hook, and is white. That's what kept her out of most of the schools she applied to.[/quote]

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