I'm trying to come up with the list of schools that we'll look at for my daughter, who isn't much of an athlete. She has no problem with going to a school that has a sports requirement, but she would do things like yoga and dance, or club sports -- not competitive teams -- and the enjoyment that she would get out of it would primarily social. In other words, she won't mind going and kicking a ball around with her friends if she has to, but team sports really aren't her thing.
I know all schools say (and many of them even may believe it themselves when they say it) that they are welcoming places for non-athletes and that their students get involved in lots of other kinds of extracurriculars. But I think that at some of those schools, no matter what they say, the school -- and more importantly the students -- really do value sports very highly. That's not to say a non-athlete can't be happy there, but those kids may find themselves a bit more on the fringe of things socially.
I think my daughter would be happiest where you don't have to have athletic success to nonetheless be part of the mainstream group of kids. What schools might we think about including in this list?
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