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Sports on College Apps (in America)
For those of you who are in, were in or are about to enter college...do admissions offices like to see sports on an application? Does it help your chances of getting in?
Thanks.
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Aug-20-2003 21:26
Orbax
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yes
Aug-20-2003 21:29
AnotherWay83
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yes, any and all extra curricular activities will look good...the more the better
Aug-20-2003 21:34
TuanAnh213
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Re: Sports on College Apps (in America)
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Originally posted by DrummeRaver86
For those of you who are in, were in or are about to enter college...do admissions offices like to see sports on an application? Does it help your chances of getting in?
especially if your not an abused minority female from a broken home.
They are in like flynn.
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Aug-20-2003 22:10
blazed it
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i believe your best shot at getting into any top notch school in america is if your an native american female athelete from a broken home (with decent scores of course, but doesn't need to be spectacular)
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Aug-20-2003 22:13
DR86
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Re: Re: Sports on College Apps (in America)
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Originally posted by TuanAnh213
lol...you play sports?
Check my status, smart guy.
Adding upon that...does that sport have to be in high schoool, or can it be an outside league?
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Aug-20-2003 22:14
MrSquirrel
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Re: Re: Re: Sports on College Apps (in America)
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Originally posted by DrummeRaver86
Check my status, smart guy.
Adding upon that...does that sport have to be in high schoool, or can it be an outside league?
It can be outside of school...even though putting "tons" of extra curricular activities can and usually do help you, sometimes you can have too many.
I know at a number of colleges/universities admissions officers sometimes will reject "borderline" students with too many extra curriculars because, in their eyes, you were not focusing enough on your academics.
If you are still in high school this is a question you should ask your guidance counselor. Possibly the only thing they are good for is giving advice on admissions applications.
Being a Native American woman who is a blind paraplegic and comes from a broken home is still the best option though.
MrS
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Aug-20-2003 22:37
blazed it
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Sports on College Apps (in America)
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Originally posted by MrSquirrel
Being a Native American woman who is a blind paraplegic and comes from a broken home is still the best option though.
hmmm i wonder how she would take a test.
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Aug-20-2003 22:57
Orbax
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sports on College Apps (in America)
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Originally posted by blazed it
hmmm i wonder how she would take a test.
well shes parapalegic so she could potentially have the use of at least one hand. work some brail up or something
Aug-20-2003 22:59
MrSquirrel
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sports on College Apps (in America)
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Originally posted by blazed it
hmmm i wonder how she would take a test.
Being a paraplegic she still has use of her hands and thus can read braille
MrS
EDIT: damnit orbax you beat me to it by like 12 seconds....hehe
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