<p>As usual, you don’t want to listen to somebody that is doing it now.</p>
<p>Sports are important, a lack of sports is not a critical failure. [which is what was initially suggested] </p>
<p>See, page 12 of the report below. Sports cannot overcome academic weakness; academic strength can overcome a lack of sports.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d031000.pdf[/url]”>http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d031000.pdf</a> </p>
<p>I think some of the formulas have been adjusted somewhat since 2003 but not significantly.</p>
<p>I did not have to explain why I was not in sports. I was asked whether or not I felt I could keep up physically; I explained how I swam at home regularly, was involved in Frisbee golf [as was mentioned], and felt I could keep up.</p>
<p>Its a whole person index. You have other strengths, those are recognized. I think anytime you plug something in at the last moment, sports in the senior year when you haven’t done any the whole rest of the time, it will be recognized for what you are doing. Its a consistent record of achievement, leadership, etc. that is counted. You are an exceptional person–on the whole–and any one deficiency won’t matter.</p>