Participation vs. achievement?

napalm2013
Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:45:49 +0000

I’m also interested in knowing this… Here, I think this scenario is more clear (case B was sort of convoluted):

A. the highschool Black Belt who went to the Junior Olympics and got a gold medal
B. the highschool Black Belt who went to the National Karate Competition and medaled, while qualifying for AIME, being NHS President, and going on a mission trip to help impoverished people in Africa

Who is more desirable, more “interesting,” everything else being equal (ie assuming 2250ish and top 1% class rank but not outstanding enough to be admitted only on academics)?