<p>Greetings everyone,</p>
<p>I was just curious. If we participated in a Varsity Sport, do we write it down on our resume, or do we have to present something more concrete. </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Just write it down... it's in your school records should they wish to confirm.</p>
<p>Well.. see things are a bit more complicated than that. I participated 3/4ths of the season in, but I could no longer make the time schedule because AP classes were taking too much of my time. The coach agrees that I participated, but he says I should've stayed on the whole season to truly earn it. Can I still be hurt if I put this down on my application anyhow? My school that I am truly looking claims 95 percent of the undergraduates have participated in one varsity sport in high school.</p>
<p>It would be better if you had to quit because of injury...But no one is going to reject you solely based on that.</p>
<p>does the school offer interviews? If so, this is something to bring up in the interview. Mentioning that stat in the interview earns you points because it shows you have researched the school, and mentioning your participation until injury helps show how you fit in.</p>
<p>If you read the post, you'd see he did not get injured. </p>
<p>Personally I don't think you should put it on your app. You probably let your entire team and your coach down, now while it is good to put school first, you probably screwed your whole team over. As a sports athlete, people have done that before, and I wanted to punch them in the face. If you didn't think the sport was worthwhile enough to finish, then you shouldn't put it up there. </p>
<p>That's just my 2 cents.</p>
<p>I understand your point ^ but thankfully I wasn't the top dog on the team anyhow... they ended up second place this year. But my main question is: If I put this down despite the fact that I quit early, is there a big chance that I will get "caught"? I don't mean to be a dishonest person, but I just want an honest answer. I still have one more year to make up for it, but do colleges require "hard evidence" that proves you participated in a varsity sport at the 100 percent mark? My school doesn't keep the sports within the records if anybody wanted to know. Do schools actually research an individual's background to the extent that they'd scan their extra curriculars by perhaps calling in local areas to verify the truth? Has anyone here participated in a varsity sport, wrote it down on their application.. and was it over with... or did the school attempt to question you about it. Thanks.</p>
<p>The fact that your let down your team because you could not handle your AP classes will not be impressive to selective schools, who have a lot of applicants who handle both all the time. It also shows that you did not honor your commitment. After all, sports seasons are only a couple of months long, they are not year round commitments.</p>
<p>Would it be possible for you to instead list your JV participation only ?You would not be caught in a lie and the only assumption would be that you did not make varsity, a comment on your athletic ability maybe, but nothing that a school would care about--they care much more about integrity and honoring commitments.</p>
<p>Yea well.. the varsity program in my school is ridiculous. I came home around 8pm every night, and I had to cram 4 APs. Now, enough with the bashing please. I just wanted to know the answer to what I posted previously. Pleeaase... </p>
<p>"I don't mean to be a dishonest person, but I just want an honest answer. I still have one more year to make up for it, but do colleges require "hard evidence" that proves you participated in a varsity sport at the 100 percent mark? My school doesn't keep the sports within the records if anybody wanted to know. Do schools actually research an individual's background to the extent that they'd scan their extra curriculars by perhaps calling in local areas to verify the truth? Has anyone here participated in a varsity sport, wrote it down on their application.. and was it over with... or did the school attempt to question you about it. Thanks."</p>
<p>Did you actually earn a varsity letter? If not, simply being on a varsity team and participating for awhile isn't a legitimate EC.</p>
<p>95% of your school accepted varsity athletes? Are you applying to a service school?</p>
<p>I don't think it would be fair of you to claim varsity status when you did not put in the same level of participation and commitment as did all of the others on your team.</p>
<p>My sons go to a small high school and for sports it is often a bus ride of at least an hour. They often get on the bus at 3 pm, get to their destination at 4 or 4:15. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the jv team plays from approximately 5-7; the varsity team plays from 7:30-9:30. Then back on the buses and back to school getting in close to 11. Home for showers and dinner and homework. Games on Saturdays as well. Practices on Monday and Wednesday, 4-6:30, and on Friday , 4-5:30.</p>
<p>They use their time well. They do an hour of homework in the morning before school. They do homework in the library at lunch. They do homework/have study groups on the team bus. They try to do homework while the other team is playing but generally prefer to watch and cheer. They do a LOT of work ahead on the weekends and on days with practice only. They also study at an Orthodox kollel on Monday nights for one hour and are very involved in a youth group; sing in the top performance group at school, and are on the school paper. And they take APs.</p>
<p>My middle son who just graduated from high school was an AP Scholar with Distinction at the end of his junior year. He was not the only one on the team; at the Soccer Awards dinner last fall, 8 of 11 seniors were recognized for being AP Scholars or better at the end of their junior years. The soccer team GPA was a 3.45 unweighted. He was far from a star on the team; he was lucky if he got 8 minutes per 40 minute half. But he was admired for the spirit and dedication he gave to the team; he helped the team in any way he could.</p>
<p>Admittedly during the height of the season life is not always fun. No time for video games or tv--the boys use DVR a lot and catch up on their favorite shows when they can. For a while, social life seems to be team centered. There are a lot of poker/review game film nights.</p>
<p>OP: I guess you have some doubt as to whether this is a valid activity to list on your resume, due to your early exit from the team. Unless you want this hanging over your head as you wait to see if colleges are going to verify it, just ask your guidance counselor at school what his/her advice is. That will be the person who gives out all info about you to colleges. If he/she says to put it down, you know you are safe. If not, move on to listing other activities and leave this one off. The one thing I wouldn't do is to take a chance on your application saying one thing and your guidance counselor another. Good luck.</p>
<p>boysx3, the times your sons participated is nothing. In my school, varsity sports are Monday-Friday, from 3:00-8:00 everyday. I also didn't ask you if it was fair or not. I never asked... "should I do it?" I never even said I was going to do it. I asked you guys an entirely different question... as posted below for the 3rd time. If anyone can help me answer this, I'd very much appreciate that. Thank You. </p>
<p>The only person that has given me an answer I was looking for was Bessie. But if anyone can give me a direct answer to the question I posted 3 times in this thread, please do. </p>
<p>"I don't mean to be a dishonest person, but I just want an honest answer. I still have one more year to make up for it, but do colleges require "hard evidence" that proves you participated in a varsity sport at the 100 percent mark? My school doesn't keep the sports within the records if anybody wanted to know. Do schools actually research an individual's background to the extent that they'd scan their extra curriculars by perhaps calling in local areas to verify the truth? Has anyone here participated in a varsity sport, wrote it down on their application.. and was it over with... or did the school attempt to question you about it. Thanks."</p>
<p>^ No, they don't check. But if your counselor mentions in his/her rec that 'Johnny was forced to quit football' or whatever it might raise a red flag.</p>
<p>Quitting anything is always bad.</p>
<p>Mr. Sinister, I think you know the answer just by virtue of asking the question.</p>
<p>I honestly had no idea.</p>
<p>People like you get caught all the time. The coach already told you that you didn't earn it. Jeez, quitting three-quaters through the season is just not OK. The coach probably would want to catch you and may well have made note in your record.</p>
<p>The worst thing that could happen is that a school calls to confirm because your app differs from your transcipt and they tell them you're a quitter.</p>
<p>Wow, a quick look tells me you want to tell this lie to West Point!!@@@##***!!!</p>
<p>Put it in the app and dont worry about ittttttt</p>
<p>Collegekid, some things I want to point out to you. 1. I had no time for it. 2. My coach is real good friends with me, and told me he 100 percent understood what I was doing. 3. My class rank is 4 out of 190 4. I'm not going military 5. Our school transcript only contains our gpa, classes, and rank. Nothing more. 6. You're a complete jackass. </p>
<p>"People like you get caught all the time." And how do you know me in that manner? I never did anything wrong. I was just asking a question. Get a life.</p>