Varsity Sports

mmmcdowe
Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:26:26 +0000

I strongly disagree. Sports are not a substitute for research, volunteering, and community service. Period. It is a decent EC if you enjoy doing it, but I warn you that it can be dangerous too. You will have a hard time scheduling classes for one, and your grades might suffer. I don’t know how much time you will spend on the road or training, but thats a HUGE amount of your free time gone that you won’t be able to use for other ECs. So even if sports was a great EC in the eyes of a given adcom (rugby is loved by Columbia I know), it won’t necessarily make up for the multiple ECs that you won’t have time for.