<p>So I have been involved in taekwondo for 11 years. I have. 2nd degree black belt. Will this impress schools such as Harvard. I understand gpa, act sat, EC. But because I play karate every day I can't be involved in varsity sports. I mentioned this in my interview and showed him my certificate. Does that help in any way? Btw I have 16 gold sparring medallions 10 silver 10 bronze.</p>
<p>Please anyone</p>
<p>I would say that at some schools, Tae Kwon do would be a valued extracurricularactivity, even though it is not a high school team sport, much as being a concert musician is valued.</p>
<p>I say this because I once was reading Vassar’s websight, and they were bragging about all the accomplished people in their freshman class, and I specifically recall that they mentioned how X amount of people were black belts.</p>
<p>This caught my attention, because at the time my kid was working on his black belt in tae kwon do.</p>
<p>You want to show that you have a passion for something, even if it is basket weaving.</p>
<p>So this is your particular passion.</p>
<p>You might try to work it into your essays.</p>
<p>I’d say that’s pretty dang cool, also considering I quit karate when I was a white belt 
. I think this, with any assortment of other EC’s, would show schools that you’re a really unique person. If I were an app reader, I’d sign you up!! So cool!! Just make sure your grades are great and your test scores are good to go! You seem like you’re a dedicated type of person, so I’ll assume your rec letters are good, too. </p>
<p>Anyway, I’ll stop drooling over your awesomeness because I’m embarrassing myself lol.</p>
<p>Chance me?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1426641-my-final-chance-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1426641-my-final-chance-thread.html</a></p>
<p>I really love your replies! I also have other EC such as NHs president, student council president, Awards from the navy army United States commerce. I’m a member of the national society for high school scholars! Hopefully they like thise</p>
<p>I trained in Taekwondo for many years as well. To someone experienced in martial arts, whether it would be impressive or not would depend on where you train. 90% of TKD gyms are McDojangs, and when you say “play” karate I am highly suspicious that you are in one. As far as impressing the admissions officers, that won’t matter though because they don’t know the difference.</p>
<p>I highly respect all taekwondo athletes, please do not think of me as a disrespectful person.</p>
<p>Yeah, I also thought that “play karate” was an odd phrase.</p>
<p>As an aside, I’ve met Grand Master Jhoon Rhee. </p>
<p>For those who don’t know of him:</p>
<p>[Jhoon</a> Goo Rhee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhoon_Goo_Rhee]Jhoon”>Jhoon Rhee - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Very interesting fellow. If anyone gets a chance, attend one of his presentations (including the short film). It’s uh … interesting and enjoyable.</p>
<p>So is that a yes it will help or no?</p>
<p>It does help in that it is viewed as a sport. It shows passion and commitment. However, that’s not a huge deciding factor because almost all Ivy League applicants are involved in sports. And Ivy League schools can’t recruit Taekwondo athletes. </p>
<p>But that’s an impressive accomplishment, nonetheless!</p>