<p>I have very few awards (apart from some mathematics awards), and I'm not the captain/founder of things like chess club/debating club/maths club etc etc. but this is because I play rugby (at varsity level) and have training pretty much everyday with weekly matches.</p>
<p>How valued are sports by Ivy League universities like Harvard? I have a 4.0 UW GPA and 2280/2400 in three SAT subject tests (yet to sit the SAT Reasoning Test); would the fact that I play a sport make my academic achievements more impressive or would it have no effect at all?</p>
<p>Athletics are seen as desired activities for applicants. Three-season athletes are not expected to have a multiple other extra-curricular activites. However, rugby is not an NCAA sport for which you can be “recruited” in the normal Ivy League sense. Harvard does have a rugby club, so you may want to contact the coach and see if he has any suggestions for admissions.</p>
<p>Many Harvard athletes have outstanding test scores, so your academics would not be out of the ordinary. If you have been a captain of your team, the leadership angle would be a plus on your application.</p>
<p>I see on the athletics website, rugby is a “club sport” at Harvard, thus no athletic recruiting.</p>