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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was on the recruiting committee of biglaw firm I learned that the managing partner nearly insisted that the good candidates have strong team sports on their resume -- preferably at the college level. So you can't just blanket say "better grades equals more opportunities". You'd be wrong. [/quote]

I have seen this in other fields also. People who have never played a team sport frequently are missing a lot of important skills that are important in a business setting. Working with teammates to win at a sport has many similarities to working with associates to put a winning case together or write a winning sales presentation. Sports develop a lot of qualities that the classroom does not. 
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No, it it not about skills. It is about being the kind of person who can handle the schedule and sacrifice of playing (and traveling for) a collegiate sport and still pull the grades. Any extracurricular with a huge time commitment will fit this bill. Law firms love this kind of over-scheduling, competitive, glutton for punishment. Many lawyers at our firm played collegiate sports, and it matters not one bit whether or not you were good at it -- it matters that you could handle the schedule.[/quote]

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