<p>If your HS ECs consist of two or three seasons of sports (the same sports every year) and 2 hours per week of volunteering with some responsibility when you have an off-season from sports, how is this regarded?</p>
<p>The student may pursue phys ed/athletic training, or may go in another direction (possibly business or computers). Student will not be looking at elite schools. It is still early, but we project 2.9 to 3.0 UW, no honors or AP, 1000 to 1100 SAT. Target schools would probably be state directionals or private schools that are receptive to a kid at that level. I wonder if the ECs might matter more at the privates. What do you think?</p>
<p>This is a good question also for the Athletic Recruits board. My athlete’s primary ECs were two sports, both at the hs level, with one being year round with club. Little time for other ECs. With a little help the student developed an interest in an international NGO, and was was able to speak about it and include it in an essay. Is showed that she had other interests in international affairs even if she had little time to dedicate to them.</p>
<p>Good to know. I hadn’t thought of the recruits board, because I don’t anticipate the student succeeding academically in college while devoting the time to a sport that team membership would require. Academic stats are not great, as you can see, and time priorities will have to be clear if a student like this wants to move to the next level academically. Thanks.</p>
<p>At schools that admit students with those stats, EC just aren’t all that important and what your student has will be more than sufficient. Keep in mind that most athletic training programs are very competitive and would need pretty good grades to get into the programs.</p>