<p>Stemit, clearly you feel very passionate about this. As with most things in life, it depends. All of these schools are recruiting more athletes than they have spots(or slots) for. Many of these schools want your athlete to get in, but can’t give them any more support than “we’d love to see Junior apply ED” and tell admissions they would like to have the student. A varying percentage of recruited athletes are NOT accepted at their school ED or EA or at all.
If you are the top of the pile, anything goes. BUT for many kids, playing the sport is no better(or worse) than playing the trombone. They just get a visit to meet the coach. So I vote to try to let your other sides shine. Unless, of course, you will be trying out for the olympics.</p>