<p>I am VERY competitive.</p>
<p>Anything I do I have an uncontrollable urge to know that i beat someone at it.</p>
<p>Being my strength, academics are usually where this trait manifests its self. </p>
<p>The schools im looking at really frown at grade obsession.</p>
<p>I’m going to have to get better at sports…</p>
<p>antidote or anecdote?</p>
<p>I’m thinking antidote because the competitiveness doesn’t seem to be a problem( from his point of view). The problem is his prospective school’s ideology; they don’t like nerds. So he’s trying to supplant his grade obsession with atheltics.</p>
<p>Hm. I was thinking anecdote, because it’s a personal story and not a remedy to an injury or poison.</p>
<p>Just because you’re into sports doesn’t mean you’re less grade-obsessed. Sports will definitely help, but it’s still very important to tackle the root of the problem.</p>
<p>Strive for true excellence, not apparent excellence.</p>
<p>Just make sure to not let yourself go out of control and be uber-competitive in sports. Competition is good to do well in sports, but too much can result in aggressiveness. Common sense but just my two cents.</p>
<p>Grade obsession at the expense of everything else isn’t the desired recipe for any student, anywhere. I would hesitate for a student to explore an activity just because they see it as a tool for getting into a college. </p>
<p>Colleges want to see you. They want to know what your interests are. If it is sports, great - or art, or music, or robotics, or helping others, etc.</p>
<p>A antidote cures the poision - I doubt you would want your activity to negate your excellent grades…hopefully, you would want this or many activities to help show the colleges your strengths as an applicant.</p>
<p>An anecdote is a little story that illustrates a point or provides an example. The original posting wasn’t really a story . . .</p>
<p>Eh it doesn’t really matter whether the term was incorrectly usesd, the point is this kid has issues with priorities in their life.</p>
<p>First of all, you are not a slave to the admissions process and don’t let yourself become one. Do things because you love doing them. Life is too short to waste every moment trying to make an unknown college official happy. Get a hobby. If you love sports and want to improve then do so, but it’s not going to work if it’s only because you want to look good on a piece of paper. That’s just my take on it.</p>
<p>We know one thing you’re not the best in:</p>
<p>thread making.</p>
<p>pah</p>
<p>End Thread.</p>
<p>Since when does not liking grade obsession or competition mean not liking nerds? I know plenty of nerds that love learning and do very well in school but would never ever advertise their GPA- although I’m coming from a pretty competitive high school, I’m going to a college like the OP describes. I think it’s a good opportunity to change, because eventually in life you’re going to have to realize that you can’t be the best at everything. And, seriously, if you’re the BEST in your college, you should have gone to a more challenging college.</p>