Should I Put This On MY APPLICATION

Applying to College
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<p>Ok, so already sent in the common application activity list, but also prepared a complete list with a brief description of the event. Fball, powerlifting, and track are a major part of my application being my most significant ECs. I also put fball and track down as my activities most likely to pursue in college…so here’s my question. Under fball should I put my maxouts from camp this summer. The stats are legit (squat 440, bench 315, clean 245, standing vert: 36, and 40 4.53, electronic) I am only being recruited for sprint at princeton, but am in the process at some other schools. Does this info belong on my app, or is the kinda thing where it wouldn’t hurt?</p>

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<p>Uh, no, I don’t so. College admissions officers aren’t scouts. You should get in contact with the coach and let the coach know your athletic accomplishments…btw, those are some pretty rape stats, esp. the vertical leap and 40 time…are you african-american or somethin?..why the hell are you on collegeconfidential.com??</p>

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<p>no, I’m white, but I really don’t want to have to practice fball 40hrs/week just assure a spot at an ivy.</p>

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<p>I’d give that kind of info to a coach, but only if you want to be recruited for it (which you don’t). So in other words, don’t send it to them.</p>

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<p>It’s a last resort kinda thing.</p>

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<p>What are your track times. I’m curious as I too am a sprinter. </p>

<p>I don’t think you should leave your max outs or PRs or anything on the application.</p>

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<p>With those kind of athletic stats, I’d be surprised if you didn’t have SOME kind of awards in sports. You could contact the coach and see whether he can get you a spot in the class, but I don’t think ivy league schools give out admissions on the basis of recruitment (i’m probably wrong, though)…sorta off topic, how’d you get your vertical to 36"? I’ve been running a lot of sprints (40 yard dashes and uphill stuff lately), so does that help. lol thanks</p>

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<p>it helps minimally. My training routine for the summer is such.
Mon: Power legs with hamstring/glute emphasis
Tues: Chest/Tri’s with sprints and significant rest. I usually ladder from 80’s, 60’s, 40’s, 30’s, 20’s taking shorter rests as the distances decrease
Wed: chest/bi’s/shoulders with plyos (I follow this program: <a href=“http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/tomgreen1.htm[/url]”>http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/tomgreen1.htm&lt;/a&gt;)
Thurs: explosive leg day i.e. clean, snatch, power lunges with quad emphasis
Fri: chest/tri’s
Sat: bi’s + back+ plyos.
Sun: rest</p>

<p>basically, sprinting alone only recruits so much power. When you do a vertical jump, most of the power is coming from your quads. Squats+Plyos are both necessary to get maximum recruitment of type II muscle fiber. I suggest supplementing the running with some 5x5 heavy squats once a week.</p>

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<p>you can get consideration, but not recruitment.
Basically, they can’t give you a scholarship, so if I was an *******, I could tell them I was going to play, get accepted, and then not play. They couldn’t do a thing about it, but that’s just about as low of a thing that you can do in the Admission’s game. good luck getting any support from the university in the future if you do that.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the suggestions, 1MX. I never work out my upperbody (sad, right?) because i’m intent on getting a 40 inch vertical and good enough speed/quickness for basketball season, lol. If kevin durant can survive w/o benching 180, I can survive another season of high school sports.</p>

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<p>lol ya what an exposure that was. You’d be surprised how many NBA prospects can’t put up 200lbs. It’s all in the legs.</p>

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<p>If you really want to get faster, you should workout though. Maybe not hardcore but at least do some push ups. Don’t become a body builder, but adding some extra muscle will definitely help you.</p>

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<p>yup, doin push-ups won’t be embarrassing like goin to the gym and bench-pressing low to mid 100’s, lol…y r we turnin this into an athletes forum?..but yeah, what’s your GPA and SAT scores, 1MX??</p>

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<p>Everything else on this site is grades and SATs. It is nice to see something else for a change.<br>
You could bench 100s and not be embarrassed, if anyone asks just say you are focusing on the amount of reps not the weight. I don’t do the bench much, but when I do I do like 75 a lot of times.</p>

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<p>Yeah, well, I really wanna be able to dunk effectively (I hope my athletic goals won’t interfere with the admissions process). I’m soon to start Kelly Baggett’s Vertical Leap Bible or w/e it’s called. I heard that it’s actually useful and not filled with empty promises or b.s. It’s a lot of jumping styles and some sprinting, while only encouraging lower body strength building. We’ll see how it works lol.</p>

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<p>How tall are you? I will never be able to dunk due to my height limitations. Damn genetics.</p>

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<p>Haha, I am 5’10" or low 5’11". There’s something spectacular about a dunk; it not only signifies athletic prowess but also shows the boundless athletic beauty of people, if that makes any damn sense. lol, unless you’re a midget, you should be able to dunk with hard training over the course of months and years. Most people are CAPABLE of doing such a thing, if they’re willing to sacrifice comfort. Do you have any athletic goals for this year?</p>

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<p>I have a few(a lot)

<p>I have a lot of work ahead of me, but I feel it will be worth it. I do not want to do those things for college, but they are just things that I want to be able to look back at. Minus the handstand push ups, I just want to be able to feel like a true bad ass.</p>

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<p>stanfordkid, why do use “rape” in such context?</p>

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<p>you bench 315?!? you could probably kill me from across a room!</p>