<p>Any idea how much it helps to get admitted at a highly selective university/lac if you are a top junior athlete (national and international level) in an individual olympic sport that's not a varsity sport? And is it ok that that's pretty much my only ec? I'm attending a very competitive school that doesn't cut me any slack for my sport, and basically, I'm competing against kids who are "home schooled."</p>
<p>Depends on the sport. If its something like Chess, then it probably won't help.</p>
<p>Being olympic level in any sport certainly is special and will get attention. Is it equal to a coach wanting you for the football team? Probably not. A multiple olympic medalist was rejected from Harvard last year.</p>
<p>Well, it's not chess, which isn't an olympic sport --- yet. Joey was admitted everywhere else he applied last year.
My concern is that this is basically what I'm doing 15-20hours a week year-round, in addition to doing 3 varsity sports, so it's pretty much all my ec.</p>