<p>what about the quantity of varsity sports?
is it better to do more varsity sports
is there a big difference?</p>
<p>No expert, but tell you something: A white male at my school got into Harvard as a football recruit with a 94.34/100 WGPA, 3 APs by graduation (out of the 7 he could have taken), had a 1220 out of 1600 SAT, 1820 out of 2400 SAT, and a 28 ACT. He beat 9 other kids in that class, who none were recruits. Those people had a 99-98/100 WGPA, took the most rigorous schedule (7 APs, 15 honors), around a 2200 or better SAT, 32 or better ACT, and had brillant ECs, but no sports or had sports, but just were okay at it.</p>
<p>6 out of every 4 Harvard students are triple-sport Varsity athletes. You tell me how important it is.</p>
<p>Not unless you are looking for scholarships, varsity sports don’t make/break decisions on colleges. </p>
<p>Kid at our school got a full ride to Stanford for Track & Field, I believe…or Cross Country, can’t remember. All I remember is that his mile was damn near impossible to believe.</p>
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<p>Your experience with your sons does not prove anything. All is shows is that one kid got wait-listed at one particular set of colleges and another kid got recruited for his sport (not yet offered admission). There are way too many variables at play to extrapolate from this that the OP should keep running because it will positively affect his admissions chances at a top school.</p>
<p>Yes – in general, playing a varsity sport doesn’t necessarily increase your chances for admission, unless you get recruited. If you think it’ll be beneficial to you, though, then by all means go ahead and do it! After all, it can’t hurt…</p>