<p>I'm wondering if I should state my weight category for my sport - >90 kg heavyweight. actually, of course, i'd have to state heavyweight anyway. but do they discriminate =/</p>
<p>why would they???</p>
<p>of course they do. better hit that treadmill</p>
<p>Sorry, but being fat most often than not gives a bad first impression to interviewers and teachers. Admission officers…I can’t say.</p>
<p>I dont think 90 kg is fat. or is 90 the start of the heavyweight category?
Hopefully they wont.</p>
<p>they’re looking for smart, well-rounded, basically cool kids to fill their campus. don’t let them know you’re fat.</p>
<p>No. They do not. ???</p>
<p>krazykool</p>
<p>LOL “Well-rounded”</p>
<p>That’d be funny for a fat kid to play their fatness as well-roundedness.</p>
<p>I know some people who are 90kg and aren’t fat… just muscular.</p>
<p>Sadly, there is evidence of discrimination against people who are obese in educational settings (including college admissions), health care settings, and employment, as documented by this review article: [Bias</a>, Discrimination, and Obesity – Puhl and Brownell 9 (12): 788 – Obesity](<a href=“http://www.obesityresearch.org/cgi/content/full/9/12/788]Bias”>http://www.obesityresearch.org/cgi/content/full/9/12/788)<br>
That said, merely listing that you are in a “heavyweight” category for your sport
would not necessarily be seen as a negative by admissions officers–virtually every football player would probably weigh in at >90 kg, for example, and someone who’s reasonably tall and is also athletic might have a high body weight<br>
but would not necessarily be overfat. Might an interviewer be influenced by an applicant’s weight or appearance and write a less favorable evaluation? Might teachers or counselors be less favorable in their evaluations of obese students? They shouldn’t, but it could happen. Could it be proven? Probably not. And, unfortunately, in most jurisdictions, no laws exist to protect individuals against discrimination due to body weight or appearance.</p>
<p>They’re looking for well-rounded people. And if you’re fat, you’re pretty round, right?</p>
<p>How would they know you’re fat? Applications don’t ask for your weight. If they do, that’s just plain weird.</p>
<p>If you’re an athlete you don’t count as fat… fat is when you have a big body fat percentage, not when you’re muscular ^.^
You might run into a lil discrimination from some people, but college applications are paper, the ad officer will probably never see you. And “heavyweight category” in a sport doesn’t bring up a picture of a fat lazy person in my mind :)</p>
<p>Honestly, I bet they do. Not in your case as an athlete, but if a normal person went and interviewed and they appeared to be grossly overweight, I suspect that gives the interviewer a negative impression of him.</p>
<p>I’ve been to top New England prep schools all my life, and they require interviews. I’ve always noticed how, outside of maybe 3 or 4 students in the whole school, NONE are obese and very, very few are overweight.</p>
<p>think of yourself as large and in charge</p>
<p>i see very few fat people at my school. probably not because admissions committees actively discriminate, but because in general being fat is correlated with lack of self-discipline, laziness, minimal extracurricular activities, etc.</p>
<p>in your case i really would not worry about it.</p>
<p>no they don’t</p>
<p>lol well, i WAS large and “in charge” before i retired due to injury in 10th and now i’m just… well. … i’d better go jogging daily</p>
<p>being fat does give a bad first impression…like ur lazy or something</p>
<p>IS THIS A SERIOUS QUESTION?!?!?!</p>
<p>i sure hope not…</p>