<p>Okay so I'm a decently athletic person, but don't have a passion for sports or anything. Freshman year I had so much work and was involved in other things that I didn't have time to do a sport. But i'm getting a little sick of trying out and being involved in sports, so I want to jut stick with doing track in the spring. But do colleges care if you aren't that involved in sports? I've always been told it looks really good to be and shows that you are well rounded, but I volunteer and have a lot of things going on too, so is not being dedicated to a sport and maybe not even doing any going to effect my chances at all?</p>
<p>I sure hope they don’t, because I did a season of a JV sport and I was like “never again”. Too much of a time commitment for me at the time.</p>
<p>I decided to pour my time into other things I was interested in, instead.</p>
<p>As someone once mentioned on here, “if a college is looking to have a well-rounded body, why would they look for well-rounded students?” The way I see it, i’m more of a “lopsided” student because I have more emphasis on academics, while some of my friends are also “lopsided” because they have okay academics and a huge emphasis on sports. Put us together, and we all balance each other out. Voila, a well-rounded student body.</p>
<p>Sports aren’t necessary for the admission process. As mentioned earlier, intentional lopsidedness is actually a more sought quality. </p>
<p>If you are not ready for a rigorous commitment, don’t play sports. It’s pretty simple. Instead, go for something you’re willing to spend time for. </p>
<p>For instance, I practice Parkour on my weekends with a group of traceurs. Although I don’t expect credit from them, I enjoy jumping over walls and roaming about with them.</p>
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<p>Personally I feel it make you well round or unique. I use the word unique because if you have great academics scores and great in sport that’s always a plus.</p>
<p>I think sports make you seem more well-rounded since it shows a dedicated, athletic side of you, but I’m sure they’re not necessary. Just one single sport requires a tremendous amount of commitment, as I’m sure you know. Instead, devote the time that you spend not playing a sport to diving into other hobbies and interests. I think colleges just care to see that you’re turning your free time into something productive, but I don’t think sports vs. community service/another significant extracurricular activity would actually matter.</p>
<p>You play sports because you enjoy it. Otherwise, how are you going to get the will to keep on going through rigorous practices? Anyways, if you make varsity, that looks good because it shows that you are willing to put in a huge time commitment and dedication to something that you enjoy doing. Otherwise, doing a sport just for the sake of college is illogical. </p>
<p>As long as you’re using that time for something else productive and something that you’re passionate about, then there shouldn’t be a problem with college admissions.</p>
<p>Okay thanks everyone! You all gave around the same advice, and that makes me feel a lot better because I was fighting on whether to force myself to do a sport or not but now I think I’ll just see how my year goes and if anything just do track.</p>