<p>Just wondering, how do you get over failure of not getting a leadership position or not being on a sports team?</p>
<p>It seems at least 65% of my grade is on a sports team, including the top in academics too.. Is not playing a sport or an instrument make it very difficult for admission into a top university?</p>
<p>Also, how about the failure for running for a leadership position and not getting the position (due to lack of votes or just not being selected) ?? how does one get over that, because it feels embarrassing and that you get made fun of?</p>
<p>I lost an election once where there were only 12 people running and 7 people were selected. It sucked because everyone made fun of me (they all thought I’d get in, which may have contributed to the fact I didn’t get in). Making fun of yourself will make others realize that you don’t really care if they make fun of you. They’ll forget fast (people have short memories!). </p>
<p>The common consensus is that academics and ECs are weighted at like 50-50 each when looking at an application. So strong academics will be as important. </p>
<p>Don’t worry about it. </p>
<p>Student government at my school is based completely off popularity. They don’t really do anything, so the lack of commitment isn’t so appealing to a lot of schools. Also, doing sports or playing an instrument really doesn’t improve someone’s chances sharply. Colleges want to see passion, so if you’re doing a sport for the sole purpose to put it on your app, then don’t do it. Finally, realize that you’re not the only one who has failed in acquiring a leadership position. Good luck and like the poster above me said, don’t worry about it.</p>
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No. You have to have good ECs (i.e. ones where you show focus and accomplishment), but they don’t have to involve sports or music. Those are just common things people do.
Academics are more important than anything else, but most people who apply to “elite” schools have high grades and test scores, so they look at ECs so they can differentiate between them. I have awful ECs and I got into a lot of top 25-50 schools…I don’t think ECs matter nearly as much once you get past HYPSM and a few others. </p>
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- First, what kind of weirdo makes fun of people for losing school club elections? In my experience no one cares.
- Self-deprecation helps. If people make fun of you, agree with them (within reason) and move on. </p>
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<li>Expect to lose everything. You won’t. </li>
<li>Being able to throw balls into hoops or fingering strings on a strange piece of wood do not translate to a worthy student. Just make sure you excel in SOMETHING, regardless of what it may be (following the laws and not involving anything weird with animals and balloons and … I’ve said too much).</li>
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<p>thanks so much… what about getting over the fact about not playing any sports in a class with 65% of people being athletes of some sort? Because people always make fun of those who don’t play any sports (anymore, for that matter) and even though sports doesn’t guarantee admission into an ivy, it still sucks to be made fun of…</p>
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<li>“Sports doesn’t guarantee admission into an ivy”. Nothing guarantees admission into an ivy. </li>
<li>If people are making fun of you for something so insignificant, they need to get a life. </li>
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<p>thats true- it just sucks, being that i used to be a top sports player but i stopped over summer vacation so it feels kinda like “losing your identity”</p>
<p>I didn’t realize people could be so pathetic that they have to make fun of people who don’t play sports. If you chose not to play a sport, it’s your choice and no one’s business but yours. Ignore the haters. They clearly haven nothing better to do.</p>
<p>If you regret not being in sports, why not join next year? But don’t do it because people might make fun of you as a non-athlete. Do it if you enjoy doing the sport or want to get the exercise for your health.</p>
<p>getting cut next year( because i have taken a WHOLE YEAR off, therefore making it highly likely) would be quite devastating and more to talk about for those “haters”</p>
<p>Please, this is the intellectual age. We no longer need thugs to lift boulders for us or whatever else the Neanderthal sports players do. </p>