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Originally Posted by blankall
In addition to getting "help" with the school debates, the private clubs will also have their own tournaments that only other private clubs can go to. Then they give out fancy awards, and you get to put things like "Canadian representative at World of debating championships" on your resume.
You're correct, most employers don't care, but many academics do. And you can use the resume padding to get into more legit competitions and groups throughout undergrad.
There's also an industry built around it, and many parents are willing to pay 10k+/year to give their kids the edge.
Exact same thing that's going on with the OP's baseball example.
If you eliminate marks as a standard for excellence, then this is what you are left with.
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Really? I'm not disagreeing with you. Perhaps it put me over the edge in university acceptances? I always got the sense that the university never have a flying flipping frack.