Sports vs. Music

menloparkmom
Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:10:48 +0000

"sports probably count for more credit
(actually, it’s something I heard from other people, is it really true? "
It TOTALLY depends on the college IMHO. My son, who was born with 2 left feet [ is not an athlete, played BBall his freshman year then did PE to meet the graduation requirement] but who is very smart, a talented pianist, and someone who decided to research obscure classical composers for his own pleasure, was not accepted at Stanford, despite having stats higher than most of the students from his school who WERE accepted [they all were good students and played sports too]. Stanford LOVES scholar athletes- which does not describe him. However, he was accepted at Brown, Dartmouth, Chicago, Wash U, Pomona, Vanderbilt, Carleton and 6 other top 50 colleges, and is attendng USC on a full tuition merit scholarship.