Anonymous
Post 04/16/2019 06:06     Subject: S/o obscure sport or talent for college admissions
I was really hoping someone would say ballet.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2019 06:00     Subject: S/o obscure sport or talent for college admissions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Your kid should do activities that they like. Colleges will see passion if there is some. Don't try to manufacture it. Admissions officers see through BS faux non-profits and extracurriculars.


Very true! My older child fenced because it was a passion. You could tell who the kids were doing it junior year just for the apps.


You have to be privileged just to be able to even find a fencing program. There’s no fencing for poor kids .
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2019 00:24     Subject: S/o obscure sport or talent for college admissions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When I was younger I swam - good no where near great. My coach was the coach of a college water polo team and he tried to get me interested in water polo. There were bigger, stronger swimmers but I had something they didn’t - I was left handed so I could setup on the left side of the net. I never really pursued it but I’m sure if I had it would have been to my benefit. I was a thinly traded commodity (left handed) in a thinly traded market (water polo).

That would be my advice - find a niche in a niche.


x10000

Water polo has been mentioned here before, but one or two critics did not understand the significance. It is one of the best ins, these days. Take note, people!



Tough to be a water polo standout in the DC area. There are no highly ranked teams. Have to move to Cali.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2019 21:59     Subject: S/o obscure sport or talent for college admissions
Their kids aren’t miserable either
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2019 21:58     Subject: S/o obscure sport or talent for college admissions
$hitloads do. Starting at kids age 4. Groomed and then groomed some more. The overachiever families.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2019 21:17     Subject: S/o obscure sport or talent for college admissions
This is a pathetic thread. Who does this?
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2019 19:13     Subject: S/o obscure sport or talent for college admissions
Anonymous wrote:Fencing
Sailing
Equestrian

Your rich white people sports!


None of these are obscure though.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2019 19:11     Subject: S/o obscure sport or talent for college admissions
Anonymous wrote:Is this a serious thread?
Just because you pick a sport doesn't mean you'll be good at it.
Also if you pick something based on what's "hot" now, chances are the landscape will be very different by the time you kid is a high school senior.


Correct. But there are a lot of parents here who just want to force their child to do something. Anything.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2019 19:10     Subject: S/o obscure sport or talent for college admissions
Anonymous wrote:When I was younger I swam - good no where near great. My coach was the coach of a college water polo team and he tried to get me interested in water polo. There were bigger, stronger swimmers but I had something they didn’t - I was left handed so I could setup on the left side of the net. I never really pursued it but I’m sure if I had it would have been to my benefit. I was a thinly traded commodity (left handed) in a thinly traded market (water polo).

That would be my advice - find a niche in a niche.


x10000

Water polo has been mentioned here before, but one or two critics did not understand the significance. It is one of the best ins, these days. Take note, people!

Anonymous
Post 04/15/2019 19:08     Subject: S/o obscure sport or talent for college admissions
french horn
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2019 18:34     Subject: S/o obscure sport or talent for college admissions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Fencing
Sailing
Equestrian

Your rich white people sports!


As a mom of an equestrian, I would say it doesn’t really help. There are a very few NCAA teams. Most are IHSA, and the schools don’t heavily recruit.


Not to mention to get recruited for NCAA you need to be placing in the BigEq finals. Which means you are probably spending a few hundred grand per year on the sport. It is hardly a worthwhile investment. A large donation would be much smarter if you are doing it for the purpose of college admissions advantages.


Yep. Definitely a given that a scholarship would not "pay off." We easily spend $40k a year and my kid, although good, is nowhere near that level. We couldn't afford for her to be. I know several other, better, kids that can't move up because the next level horse is too expensive.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2019 14:27     Subject: Re:S/o obscure sport or talent for college admissions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Goalie for soccer, lacrosse or field hockey - good goalies are always fought over by teams


because that's an easy path...


???
It's hard to find a good goalie. If it were easy, we'd have a lot more volunteers. It doesn't take exception stamina, but it does require a certain personality and quick reflexes.


sarcasm

sorry you missed it.

obviously a person can't just decide to be a goaly and be aweseome
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2019 14:02     Subject: S/o obscure sport or talent for college admissions
Is this a serious thread?
Just because you pick a sport doesn't mean you'll be good at it.
Also if you pick something based on what's "hot" now, chances are the landscape will be very different by the time you kid is a high school senior.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2019 13:37     Subject: S/o obscure sport or talent for college admissions
Mine did crew and field hockey. Was recruited by a lot of DI programs. Did crew at HYP. Loved it!
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2019 13:33     Subject: Re:S/o obscure sport or talent for college admissions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Goalie for soccer, lacrosse or field hockey - good goalies are always fought over by teams


because that's an easy path...


???
It's hard to find a good goalie. If it were easy, we'd have a lot more volunteers. It doesn't take exception stamina, but it does require a certain personality and quick reflexes.