Piano vs Basketball

twoinanddone
Thu, 20 Oct 2016 02:01:32 +0000

Unless the student wants to get into a school through a music audition or be a recruited athlete, then those things are just good ECs. I think every student should participate in music and sports and art and scouting, but not doing one is not going to doom you in college admissions. Doing them is not going to make you a sure thing either. EC’s are a nod, a nudge, a plus, a picture of who the student is outside the classroom. They aren’t going to get a school to take a 3.2/29ACT student over a 3.8/32. I don’t think the admissions office is going to spend a lot of time worrying about whether the activity was basketball or piano, they just want to see an interesting student.

Do each activity for the experience it gives you as a middle school or high school student. There are leadership opportunities, team player benefits, scholar athletes, all American honors. For music there are similar ways to show dedication to the activity, community service of playing for children or seniors, playing at church, achieving the various levels you mentioned.

For basketball, there will always be club teams or intramurals or even just a bunch of kids in the driveway looking for another guy to play. For music, there will always be a piano in the lounge or at a party that someone would love him to play. He should do the activities he likes.