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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of good insight in this thread. We are just done with this process and I have lots of thoughts about ED but for now [b]I will concur that sports are really not a positive in the selective college app process. In part because they do not differentiate your kid from a mass of others, and in part due to the opportunity cost of spending 20 hours a week playing them during the year, plus summer, etc. It's just not the best use of a finite amount of EC time a student has.[/b] I don't think it is meaningful to confect some fake quirky EC either, just that are more strategic ways to use your time (provided you have really strong stats). Fwiw my kid did track/cc the first two years and quitting that and dialing in his academically-oriented ECs that he excels in was, in retrospect, a smart move.[/quote]

100% agree. have found the same to be true for my kid.

oh, and individual awards (sports or academic) are WAY more valuable than a team award.  Most AO disregard a team award....[/quote]

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