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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exactly—playing team sports prepares you for the real world and weeds out snowflake tendencies. [/quote]

if that's true, then the admissions hook should be given to anyone who plays team sports and not just those who are good at them. it's the participation that matters.[/quote]

Participation is not it. It is the commitment. And by commitment, I mean the vastly increased hours, management, effort and focus that an elite athlete that plays on a high level select team puts in over an athlete that plays in a rec league. There is simply no comparison and college admissions recognize this.[/quote]

On that same high level select team are athletes who put in the same hours, management, effort and focus, they just aren't as good. Those kids are learning the exact same lessons and no one is bending admissions criteria for them. Why not? If the reason to recruit athletes is because they (and only they) are learning these lessons, then your actual ability shouldn't matter.

"hours, management, effort and focus" and your 'commitment' are all tied to participation, not skill.[/quote]

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