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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sports are not more important than other extracurriculars like music. And those go all year, not just a season. [/quote]

This is where parents of athletes lose perspective; being in a sport is not more important than other ECs.  There seems to be a belief that sports should be considered the most important EC for college admissions, and it just isn't, nor should it be. Parents list all the sports that their kids are in, but parents of nonathletes generally don't list them because unless you are national award winner, the type of EC isn't important. It is the quality of your participation in it that matters in college admission - how long, do you have a leadership role, and does it fit your intended major?  [/quote]

My kid played 3 varsity sports in hs, captain of 2, mvp, all-state, all-met, but only had room on activities list to list 1 and that was at the bottom.Yes, sports was important to him, but not the most important thing he did during hs[/quote]

WTH were his other activities?[/quote]

Internship, robotics team, math team, STEM camp counselor, president of honor society, physics tutor....A bunch of stuff that related to his intended major (engineering) and showed his interests outside of school.  [/quote]

It sounds like BS.

When my DC played a sport, it required practice 4-5 times a week plus evenings and weekends for tournaments - at least 10 hours a week.

It takes a lot more hours to prep for math competitions. Our robotics team is 20hour/week commitment.

There is no way you can do all these activities meaningfully. They probably just created some fake clubs for college application. I hope admission officers see through this.

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