<p>That’s bullcrap. Who do think has a better chance at any college, the average kid with 3.6 GPA, a couple of clubs and some volunteer hours, or the math genius who took Calculus in Freshman year?</p>
<p>I have my $ on the latter, thank you very much.</p>
<p>Colleges would rather have you damn good at one or two things than mediocre in a bunch of other stuff. Sometimes I think people say that stuff to reconcile their feelings about that nerdy antisocial kid they KNOW is getting into an Ivy. “Well, I have a lot of friends, I’m outgoing, and I play sports and stuff!” yeah, and you have the same grades as the bottom 50% of your class.</p>