<p>One question, where would you fit leadership roles in the common app? They only have one line, so I just put best individual achievement rather than just team captain.</p>
<p>You may want to send a supplementary note if you do not feel the info you included was complete. </p>
<p>On common app my D used the page that I think says "Additional Information" and extrapolated a bit on a few things that were fairly cut and dried in app, also put in some stuff that did not have any other place to go. But she sent the detailed athletic info directly to the coach.</p>
<p>If you are not going to do your sport in college, it might be good to send the impt info to the adcom, by mail or email. If you are, send it to the coach with a note that there was not the space to go into appropriate detail in the app.</p>
<p>Definitely be in contact with the coach. Often, you must send a cover letter and resume to him/her. Your HS coach usually has to send your statistics from the team.
Does anyone know how much being a recognized/distinguished athlete (i.e. captain, all conference, all area, all state, all american, all academic, and nationally ranked-around top 150-200 in the world) can help with admissions?</p>
<p>A national ranking or worldwide ranking is MAJOR. Even if you are nationally ranked in a sport unimportant top the school (curling? ping pong?), it ought to count big time.</p>
<p>Otherwise, it all depends on the school. To oversimplify, being the world's best at whatever sport will not get a 900 SAT into Harvard. But maybe an 1100...?</p>
<p>My knowledge on this is a work in progress as my D is a senior and is just now going through being recruited. You might want to check out my thread in parents forum "Is enthisiastic coach call = likely letter?"</p>
<p>The basic thing to know is that colleges are a little more flexible on "bottom lines" for GPA, class rank, or SATS with a variety of sub groups-- athletes, URMs, first-generation attending college, etc.</p>
<p>UC's (for example) stipulate that you get a "point" for things like 1st team all league, conference championship team, or Captain of Team. You need three of these "points" to get an official boost from your sport in admission to a UC. Obviously you could have all three and still not be a UCLA basketball prospect, but it would "count."</p>
<p>If you are amazing at a sport that is important to the school, and you are basically qualified to attend the school (stats in 25%-50% range), you should have a very good chance at admission.</p>
<p>What is your sport and your level of accomplishment? What is your class rank/GPA/SAT? What sort of school do you hope to attend (D-1, Ivy, or ?)</p>