Sports are overvalued

Applying to College
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<p>A better way to phrase this argument is that being on a sports team does not automatically make a student a better student, a more disciplined person, a team player, etc. It obviouslly does not effect all players the same way.</p>

<p>At the same time, NOT being on a sports team, for a variety of reasons, does not mean a student is disorganzied, not a team player, etc.</p>

<p>Yet, colleges often seem to not recognize that not all sports players are these wonderful students, and they do not recognize that some non “athletes” have all the attributes they give to jocks.</p>

<p>When you are put on the sports track in 9th grade, for others who miss that cut, they often go outside of the school to get their training, find different sports to do, fill their time with rewarding ecs, and that can take just as much or MORE drive, passion, etc because they are getitng all the 'hey thanks for winning for out school" their ECs are solo, they don’t get the upfront recognition for people on a day to day basis in the little school world…their kudos come from a job well done</p>

<p>my D rides horses…it is scary, hard, grueling, and takes discpline…yet at her school because she missed the cut for lacrosse, her acheivements will never be recognized, but she does it for herself</p>

<p>Does that make her achievments any less? No, but colleges get lazy, and say, oooohhh a varisity player, they must have more going on then the dancer or pianist</p>

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<p>i give a lot of credit to the person who isn’t the great pianist, but trains anyway</p>

<p>i give credit to the runner who never finishes first, who doens’t have the best speed, never gets the recognition from a school becuase they don’t bring home a prize, but who train anyway</p>

<p>I give credit to the kid who didn’t make the bball team, but who keeps trying, who organizing that intermural team</p>

<p>I give credit to that girl who doesn’t make the dance team, so goes to all the classes she can outside of school to get better</p>

<p>Those people have guts, they have determinination, and they don’t need their name in the school paper, they don’t need a medal, they don’t need others to push them, to schedule them, to tell them how to train, where to go</p>

<p>This people deserve just as much credit for working hard being disciplined and wanting to improve themselves</p>

<p>Given that gift of athletic ability is like starting on the 50 yard line, not the 20…sure it take work, but one cannot deny the advantages, and if you have that advantage, you get on the team, for others, they may go it alone, but it is no less an acheivement</p>

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<p>Yeah, that’s what I was for basketball in 8th grade. Needless to say, when you have 6’ tall plus african americans who have played for most of their life (not that I didnt…) for hours on end, you dont stand a chance. Not that coaches really give a chance to a 5’5 white kid anyway…Karma that the coach got suspended for not caring when someone broke their arm in gym and actually walked away.</p>

<p>I didnt bother in HS. We won the state championship in basketball :P</p>

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<p>u must not be very athletic</p>

<p>go quarterback a football team…</p>

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<p>Couldn’t it be said that schools look for exceptional individuals who possess above average skills in a certain disipline. </p>

<p>Good Football players get scholarships
Good Musicians get scholarships
Good students get scholarships</p>

<p>Why pick on one over the other?</p>

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<p>What about good Videogame Players? where is the equality? I think Videogames especially competitive gaming should be considered as an EC. It’s essentially the same as being a Great Musician or Athlete. Oh yes I do train for hours on end- perfecting my Boom Head Shot Tactics. </p>

<p>Here my PLEA Adcoms make Videogames an EC!!!</p>

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<p>What about good Videogame Players? where is the equality? I think Videogames especially competitive gaming should be considered as an EC. It’s essentially the same as being a Great Musician or Athlete. Oh yes I do train for hours on end- perfecting my Boom Head Shot Tactics.</p>

<p>Here my PLEA Adcoms make Videogames an EC!!!</p>

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<p>u must not be very athletic</p>

<p>go quarterback a football team…</p>

<p>Talking to me? I’m plenty athletic. I’ve played sports since I was 3 years old. I tried out for Tennis in HS, but again, we won States in Tennis, as well as basketball. I’m not allowed to play Football or Lax…doesnt leave much.</p>

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<p>I guess it is a stupid post, but if I were an adcom I wouldn’t care if someone played sports really (unless they were good enough to join the university’s teams). Academics, music, etc. are so much more important. They reflect a more intellectual kind of dedication.</p>

<p>And teamwork? Yea, I’ve played team sports, but I think leadership skills in an EC can demonstrate just as much social talent and teamwork skills.</p>

<p>Of course this goes out the window for recruited athletes. After all, athletes make money for the school!</p>

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actually I’m being serious</p>

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<p>Any Sport (besides ultimate frisbee, marching band) > any music crap</p>

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so are you saying that being on a high school sports team is better than being an internationally accalimed violinist thats played with major orchestras throughout the world and in carnegie hall? (like the young sarah chang)?</p>

<p>what a bunch of bullsh.it</p>

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<p>That is BS…</p>

<p>Music > sports!</p>

<p>Not really, they are mostly equal. I just want to get even for your moronic comment of sports > any music crap.</p>

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<p>RSABack–u make the most ilogical comparisions…I know 245 athletes at my school…yet in all my life i don’t know any, no high school kid who is playing throughout the world. besides sarah chang, who obviously has devoted 99.999999999% of her life to music…yet still no one knows who she is…ha ha ha ha…now sports, take golf protege michelle wie, playing in PGA tours while still a teen, everyone knows her…</p>

<p>in addition, most musicians in high school copy anothers work and practice–so dam boring; while in sport, the athlete defines the rhythm of the game, he commands his hands and feet, not some stupid music book…</p>

<p>summary: high school sports are for flexible creative athletic human beings</p>

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<p>at high school level: musicians are “good” when they do a good job COPYING another’s work</p>

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<p>i think sports are just as important as music. </p>

<p>this argument is pointless. everyone in this thread are using arguments that could be used for either side.</p>

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I’m not talking about “fame”… I’m talking about getting into college! Being famous doesn’t mean you’re superior…</p>

<p>however, michelle wie is sexy!</p>

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<p>Are you kidding me? It takes loads of practice to be a very talented athlete so it’s not that much different from learning how to play an instrument</p>

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<p>“at high school level: musicians are “good” when they do a good job COPYING another’s work”</p>

<p>Yea, and having a coach tell you exactly how to run a play is original thought…</p>

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thats because there are not too many sophisticated people in the world… The sophisticated and urbane people do know who she is…</p>

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<p>How can you make that kind of comparison? A high school athlete to a world-class musician? How bout a world-class athlete to a world-class musician. It seems to me both work just as hard to be where they are.</p>