<p>Will a students chances of being admitted be significantly lower if they did not play a sport in high school?
What if they didn't play a sport but they wakeboard, snowboard, and surf?</p>
<p>No, of course not.</p>
<p>yeah, plenty of people don't play sports and still get into top schools. what really matters is that you show that you love one or two things by putting a lot of time into them and/or excelling at them (i.e. getting awards).</p>
<p>Sports are not any more important than any other EC, unless you are a recruited athlete.</p>
<p>I know quite a few people who don't really play sports and who got in (including me!)</p>
<p>I second as someone who doesn't play sports too much and got in. Sports are used to show outside commitment. It can be shown through the newspaper, through competitive academic ECs (Debate, Speech, Mock Trial, etc.) and it can be shown throgh athletics. As for unorganized sports, mentioning playing them might show you as a more interesting person - which is always good in admissions.</p>
<p>I have a question concerning sports-- I don't really excel in sports, but I am on the varsity team and got an athelete of the month award. No other stuff, though... didn't even make counties. So while I spend a lot of time on it (13-ish hours a week, not including summers).... I'm really not good at it and I don't have any other sports-related activities. Is it even worth putting on my application, then?</p>
<p>If you made varisty in the sport, I would put in on there. And certainly add in that athlete of the month award, too.</p>