<p>how do admissions officer value sports? is it better to play 3 sports at your high school or play one sport year round if it is not offered at your high school and it is your passion.</p>
<p>It's better to be at the national level and run like 4:20 mile times.</p>
<p>yea it's good to be varsity but sports only really help if colleges can recruit you for that sport.</p>
<p>If you can help the school's team, contact the Coach. They often will help you out in the admissions process (assuming you have the athletic and academic skills required for the particular school).</p>
<p>sports only really help if youre recruited?
that is completely false. if youre not recruited, it still counts as an EC that college admission officers will know takes more commitment than 99% of other ECs (ie. Model UN, Newspaper, SGA)</p>
<p>Totally agree with tjan91, sports require more time and commitment than most other EC's...</p>
<p>I think that they know that sports require more time and commitment so adcoms value them higher than other EC's but they don't value one sport higher than another. If I play lacrosse and someone else plays tennis, the adcoms aren't going to value one person's sport over another.</p>
<p>I bet sports are just looked at as another EC.</p>
<p>I think the time commitment required for a sport is more well known that the time required for other ECs. Therefore, there should be less questions in anyone's mind when the number of hours for the sport is substantial, and also how this impacts a student's time for other ECs. Working hard at a sport for all four years looks good as well. Team sports may offer the best "bang for the buck" since it shows the character development, ability to work in a group towards a common goal, etc.</p>