<p>Wow, those numbers are high...about 30-40% range (-Tufts).</p>
<p>My school doesn't have a newspaper so we don't have editors. We have a yearbook but it is only available for 11 and 12 graders to take as a class, which conflicts with classes I needed. It was either pre-calc or yearbook. Obviously I chose math. We don't do captaincy on varsity teams, and what would it matter when I was not let onto the varsity team because the girls didn't like me as much as this other girl who they figured they could bench but enjoy having round. Softball was the only thing I could do at my school (although I am joining soccer just for something to do this spring) other than NHS and reading club for two years. My city and school have nothing in the way of ECs and the only real good thing I have going is the same job for two years at a movie theater, which coincides with my wanting to go into film.</p>
<p>As for hooks, I have a friend who was Editor-in-Chief of his school paper and was captain of his baseball team. He got into Northwestern with a 27 ACT. He couldn't go though because his parents made too much for finaid but too little to pay the price tag. He became a teacher.</p>
<p>My brother is one of the best tennis players in the country...
Who should he contact if he wants to get recruited?</p>
<p>What national play has he had? How do you determine the national distinction.</p>
<p>Are you saying he's a nationally-ranked HS player? If so, he should have been hearing from plenty of college coaches by now.</p>
<p>my two brothers were high school valedictorians and varsity captains....in soccer and basketball....both won national championships and were nationally ranked in there sports..they both played on teams outside of school and were commited to their sports....but they went to harvard and yale......and they got into some other ivies....brown, cornell, upenn, princeton......but i think if you are a smart kid.....(top 10% of class) and ypu are a good athlete...then you have a pretty good shot......but then again thats just what i think(no stats or nuthin).......</p>
<p>^^^^^^and they both did get recruited to next to all the schools with good sports teams.......duke...UMD....USC....schools like that..</p>
<p>"Most really smart kids don't do sports, and of those that do, most do non physical sports like tennis, track, X Country, ect."</p>
<p>Since when is running almost 50-70 miles a week considered non physical?! XC and distance track runners can put in at least that as well as workouts.</p>
<p>Does anyone know of studies that correlate the specific sport played with the athlete's academic performance, SAT score, etc? I've always heard that cross country runners tend to do well in the classroom and have high SAT scores, but I've never seen any specific report or study.</p>
<p>Yes, I have also heard that XC runners as well as swimmers tend to have high GPAs in college, but I'm not aware of any specific study</p>
<p>XC runners do better in school generally because cross country is not seen as a type-A classic jock sport so more types of kids are willing to join. Ironically, most realize that running for miles/hours/years really kicks ur A$$. I mean if you though the mile was hard... 3 miles is hell- and fast too- ur against other crazy ****s.</p>
<p>Anyway, it also could be that XC breeds mental toughness for long, pain-in-the-A assignments.</p>
<p>from my experience, it is sorta true. no statistics.
but the valedictorian from my school two years ago was a fantastic varsity swimmer. at one point she held all the varsity records. now she’s still swimming in college, but with an academic scholarship</p>
<p>on XC, most of the seniors are in NHS. (only seniors are allowed to become a member of NHS in my HS). while in other sports, not so much…</p>
<p>girls XC: 4. rugby: 1. softball: 2</p>
<p>you get the picture</p>