Do sports make a big difference in college apps? (I didn't make tryouts)

momtogirls2
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 03:29:02 +0000

My nephew didn’t play a sport or do any type of physical ec. He also didn’t do activities like art/music/drama etc. He was a tutor, did model UN, and was on a fun non competitive chess club. He did other things like some volunteer work for NHS but nothing on a big level. He did National History Day projects because school required them. He didn’t have a formal volunteer position but helped out a lot in the school library.

Not having a sport did not stop him from getting into Brown and he was waitlisted at Harvard. He just graduated from Brown. He also got into other good schools though he did get rejected from Tufts. While you may not get into every school you try for I doubt it will be due to lack of playing a sport.