<p>How much does being a successful debater on the state/national level help in terms of college applications?</p>
<p>I'm black btw</p>
<p>How much? Depending on your target schools, some. your GPA and transcript are paramount.</p>
<p>Being very accomplished at something helps. Being an accomplished debater is not as helpful being able to dunk a basketball with two hands, but it’s about on par with being an accomplished vocalist, an accomplished chess player or an accomplished dancer, and more helpful than running the best meth lab in the tri-county area.</p>
<p>But, as T26E4 said, extracurricular accomplishments will not make up for deficiencies in your academic record (if you have them–I have no idea). Unless you can do that basketball-dunking thing.</p>