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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m OP and it isn’t a fake story….at least on my end. Someone said that it’s possible the kid’s mom lied to me. That is possible but I didn’t think likely. We’ve been friends a long time and she shares good and bad stuff about her kids. [/quote]

OP there is a difference between the coach offering their support to a player and admissions. There is a whole NCAA process that needs to be followed by schools. Giving your friend the benefit of the doubt, she sounds like she is either uneducated about the process or didn't convey it well to you.

That said your jealousy is not a good look. I guarantee you her DC put in 3-5 hours a day in season and 2+ hours a day in the off season and also got their homework done. [b]It's not news that schools want kids who excel in another area in addition to academics[/b].[/quote]

This. So many parents don’t understand that non-academic activities are more valuable in the college application process because they show that a student can excel in both: it shows that the student can do well in academics while spending a large amount of time doing something completely different.

Academic activities are not quite as valuable in the process because they usually involve doing some of the same things the student is doing in school. So, the student excels in academics while doing more academics outside of school. Nice, and impressive, but not nearly as impressive as the student who excels in academics while doing something completely different for hours every day.

I just don’t understand why it is so difficult for parents to understand why this is so. 
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There are plenty of kids who spent hours a day doing non-academic activities -- think student musicians who play at a high level or dancers.  My DD trains in ballet for hours a day and is very good.  It's even an activity that promotes fitness and discipline -- just like sports!  And she gets her homework done.  But of course that's going to count for sh** compared to athletics for admissions.

I guess you'll just say I'm jealous and I should have just put her athletics if I wanted the admissions boost.  I could have, but I let her choose what she enjoyed, and we'll let the chips fall where they may come admissions time.

We all understand that this is the admission landscape; I'm just pointing out that your argument as to why the admissions preference for athletes has merit doesn't fly.[/quote]

I would disagree that ballet training counts for nothing. I have a neighbor whose daughter was very qualified academically and was also intensively training in ballet during high school. Video of her dancing was included in her application and she was accepted at a number of schools, including UVa. After college, she went on to dance with a professional company. Other dancers at her training school here were accepted at a number of Ivies.

So, I would say that colleges love kids who spend a lot of time training in music and the arts. 
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