<p>Asian here...ranked in the top 10 of the state for tennis, captain of the varsity tennis team. There's plenty of athletic Asians.</p>
<p>Fabrizio...thanks for defending us tennis players.</p>
<p>popcorntrack, thanks for understanding my perspectives. I'd like to discuss more on this matter with you. The thing with me is that I try to excell at everything I do, which includes sports, academics and ECs. The only thing is that I'm not the next renaissance man. therefore I can't be the best in everything I do. I understand that when someone has a passion in something, he/she would strive to excell in that area especially and not so much in some other areas, while still keeping in touch with academics to maintain the "solid picture." I think that's how so the people who qualify for national level awards and competitions are able to do what they do. They have passions for academics and there's nothing else in the way for them to strive in getting really good at it. Me, on the other hand, likes to try everything. I have agendas from sports, academics as well as ECs, which accounts for the fact that I'm not as academically achieved as some Asians. So basically, some people excell in just academics, some people excell in academics and sports or ECs. but as I would think, fewer would strive to excell in all three areas. And if you are one of those people who's good at everything... good for you, there's not a lot of you</p>
<p>Yes I was serious. I'm talking about the average high school tennis player. Not the professionals, I used to play tennis myself. If your so good that your ranked, yea that's totally awesome. BUT, physically demanding? You've got to be ****ing kidding me.</p>
<p>The game might get intense (what sport game doesn't), and Yea i know you need "movement", running and shufflin around the court, going up for the volley, gaining angle for cross court shots. BUT what about every day conditioning? A few miles of running and some hitting drills? Ever notice how high school tennis players don't look as fit as athletes in other sports? Compare a normal high school tennis practice to a water polo practice. There is a huge difference in the level of physical rigor. Its like an AP course in fitness compared with a CP course.</p>
<p>^I completely agree. I did both soccer and tennis. Soccer conditioning is hell. Tennis conditioning.... what conditioning?</p>
<p>so yea I don't mean to demean tennis freaks but it doesn't count much of a competitive sport in my book. It's fun nonetheless.</p>
<p>athletic asian! i love oxy-morons tell me more</p>
<p>i have a good friend who's asian and he's the goalie for an elite prep-school hockey team. i'm also asian and one of the fastest kids on my swim team. in breastroke, of course.</p>
<p>alot of asians play soccer body</p>
<p>Colleges/Universities simply do not really care if your really athletic or not. Academics is much more important when it comes to college admissions. They do not admit students by stereotypes. Do you know that there are MANY MANY Asians out there that is also really athletic and have great academic standing? I am pretty athletic myself, but that does NOT mean I will have a better chance of getting accepted than other Asians. You think that UC's/ private universities will accept a really athletic student instead of a valedictorian? No, they won't because they will only mostly look at your GPA, Test scores, and classes taken and you extracurricular activities throughout the four years, but they do not look at how athletic you are. It does not really matter. However, being involved in many sports do give you an advantage I suppose, but you have to have good grades and everything also. Colleges are looking for "Well-Rounded Students."</p>
<p>asian_girl2009 = really dumb</p>
<p>looks more like a self conscious excuse for not being fit yourself?</p>
<p>Haha im korean ive played football and ran track all my life.. not good enough to be recruited but id say i have a shot at walking on some teams for either sport..but yeah around NYC / Long island, you got a lot of asians who are involved in sports i dont know about iowa though</p>
<p>but yeah wo0 i dont know what that girl is saying lol i dont think ive ever heard anything that stupid for a while.. "No, they won't because they will only mostly look at your GPA, Test scores, and classes taken and you extracurricular activities throughout the four years, but they do not look at how athletic you are. It does not really matter. " its funny how you say they really look at extracurricular throughout the 4 years because what do you think doing sports and being athletic counts as? and if your good enough to be recruited that actually counts more than all those other factors you just listed..</p>
<p>and transferkid: "athletic asian! i love oxy-morons tell me more," you needa get real my man lol how are you gona say that asians arent athletic.. sh it your probably that kid sittin on the computer all day hahah dont speak</p>
<p>Coaches don't care what race you are - you just better be good at what you do. They are not - heck, it's illegal - going to say that, oh you're Asian and you're an athlete, you're in.</p>
<p>Your whole question and explanation just sounds very racist - and that's how its going to come off in your application if you elaborate on it. So don't talk about it in your essay or interview or anywhere if you don't have something else other than the reasoning of 'I'm Asian and an athlete'.</p>
<p>And this is off topic - about tennis - yeah, I used to do cross country, which is basically living hell on earth, but tennis players don't do a lot of conditioning conditioning. I think the actual matches are a lot more intense during tennis matches than XC races though (minus when you're trying to elbow the racer, that's trying to elbow you back, next to you off of the path).</p>
<p>But still, tennis and XC and all those other sports are completely different. It takes skill, not the amount of energy you put into it, to make it a sport. I mean, then why the heck would archery or all those other strange sports be in the Olympics?</p>
<p>Unless you can contribute to the team there, the only thing colleges will do is note it as another "good" extracurricular. </p>
<p>Sorry, not meaning to burst your bubble, but asian_girl is right. Your GPA and SAT are FAR more important in most cases. If you've won state championships and such, then you're in a different category, however.</p>
<p>lol u are a racist :D</p>
<p>Mow thats what i was saying but the way she said it made it sound like the only thing that counted was GPA/SAT and that people might as well not do athletics.. the fact is extracurriculars are very important in MANY cases too lol especially for borderline students who arent in the top bracket for GPA/SAT.. in that case being a very active athlete would be really beneficial theres no doubt about that</p>
<p>yo there are plenty of athletic asians. not in football but basketball. but most do like track and tennis or soccer.</p>
<p>hmm now I'm really pised lol
had I stayed in football I probably could've put much more commitment to it and become a great asset to the team. But the idiot coach put me, a 160 lbs kid, up on the line with the 300 lbs bulls. WT F</p>