Avoiding the "gunner" stereotype

[ucbalumnus]

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@sherpa

If Student A or Student B is the #1 soccer player in the state, the discussion will end there. Assuming they have good grades and test scores, they’ll get into top colleges through the side door as recruited athletes and nobody gives will care about their other ECs.

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<p>Even at colleges not recruiting soccer players, being a top level soccer player in the state tends to be worth more as an EC than mostly warming the bench for the school soccer team that is not that good.</p>