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It annoys the **** out of me. People at my school do swim, track and cross country for colleges because they are non-cut sports, then they don't go to practices. I don't think anyone has ever been kicked off swim/track/xc before (though plenty plenty plenty don't letter), so basically they get to put SWIM TEAM--9, 10, 11, 12 on their college app but don't wake up a 5 am to go to practice every day. Then, there are kids on varsity who don't letter, so essentially they look the same as the ones who never come.
This year our water polo captain quit the team once she was accepted to her top college.
I think, though, that most adcoms can tell. Whenever I hear of people doing Key club I usually think of that, which is sad, but whatever.
(@ Old College Try--I try talking to my grandmother about applying to college and everything goes right over her head. In her day (early 60s) she pretty much walked down to U WA and signed up...lucky...)
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