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How important are extracurriculars (beyond sport) for recruited athlete at Ivies?

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Replies to: How important are extracurriculars (beyond sport) for recruited athlete at Ivies?
I am not advocating that athletes give up on non-athletic interests. To the contrary, they should participate in any activities that they enjoy doing. Parents, on the other hand, should not worry so much about whether their athlete has focused too much in one area and needs a broader base of ECs. If an athlete spends 20-30 hours a week on a sport, there isn't going to be much time left for other endeavors, and that allows for only superficial EC involvement. Colleges want depth, and not breadth.
Nor am I saying that other EC involvement has no impact on an athlete's application. I just think that the impact is so slight that it doesn't justify any concern. Put differently, if Princeton wants you to play LAX, I don't think they care much that you dropped out of French Club after freshman year.
(my son did not have any particularly impressive ECs on his admissions app and he was accepted)
But I didn't list any of those activities on his resume, and to my knowledge he was never asked about other ECs by a coach. As far as they know (still) he goes to school and practice and that's it.