text: If this policy was permitted, it would ensure that education is the top priority. In planning for the future, colleges look for well-rounded students with good grades; if you are exceptional in another activity, that only helps more. You may be excellent at a sport, but if you get injured or just get old, what else do you have? Education stays with you forever, so that is the most important thing - especially when you are a kid and still growing and learning. If you have education as the foundation for all your other activities, how could you go wrong?