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[quote=Anonymous]"How are these students any different than those that play an instrument? Dance? Are leaders in any type of after school activity? Have worked all of high school? Are on student government?

The only difference is that it is much easier for the kids that play sports to get into top schools."

Actually, it isn't easier for students that just play HS sports to get into top schools than those in the band or whatever.

In all cases, the colleges are looking to see how important the activity is to the student and/or to the other students.

If a student gets elected/picked to be the captain of their sport or the student gov president, which do you think is going to have the edge?

Exactly, the student gov president even though almost no one runs for the office whereas, 30 or 40% of the students played soccer at some point.

Maybe 10 or even 20% of students try out for the soccer teams and pretty much everyone who starts on the varsity believes they should be captain.

The students who have it much easier to get into top schools are not just leaders on the level of their school, they are leaders on the level of a large county or a states worth of schools.

Not only are they leaders of a bigger group, their leadership is much easier to see, their teams won something.[/quote]

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