<p>Hey I'm looking for a sport to play and I'm best with individual sports, fairly athletic.</p>
<p>I was just wondering what the sport Cornell most favors is?</p>
<p>Ice hockey- but your chances of being good enough for it to help you are not too great. Track/cross country program is building at Cornell.</p>
<p>I can naturally sprint fast but forget long distance. And you're right it's too late for hockey. Do they care about tennis? Probably not I'm guessing.</p>
<p>If you are American - LACROSSE ... male or female.</p>
<p>90% of the Hockey team are Canadians.</p>
<p>Well I played lacrosse in PE and I can't catch the ball very well but I can smack it away from people.</p>
<p>hahaha...90% of the Hockey team are Canadians</p>
<p>u better believe it, lol</p>
<p>Why don't you just do whatever sport interests you? I don't think its a great idea to do something for the sole purpose of college admissions...</p>
<p>Unless you're good enough to be recruited, I don't think it makes much of a difference to Cornell what sport you play.</p>
<p>Dude....if you were going to be good enough at a sport to get admission for it you would already have been playing it for at least 5 years.....Cornell is a D-I school in most sports.</p>
<p>just play a sport, show passion and dedication. You have to be sick nasty to get recruited by any big name school.</p>
<p>Well Texas Math Whiz, you obviously have no concept of the sports thing, but that's OK, I'll try to clarify. Cornell is a Division 1 school, which means almost every athlete on the varsity teams are recruited at the high school level. There are a few exceptions where a team may accept "walk ons" (non recruited athletes) for tryouts, but that is rare. For teams like lacrosse and ice hockey, where the teams are nationally ranked every year, that means you would have to be a superstar on your varsity high school team, usually at a school that is a powerhouse in that sport, and probably an all-state at least, possibly all-american. For individual sports like tennis, squash, cross country, you would at least have to have a history of tournament play and a state or national ranking. Nobody that plays at this level is just getting around to picking a sport as a sophomore in high school. Now having said that you probably understand that you have no chance whatsoever of being recruited for a sport in a division 1 school... but that's OK, most students don't! The admissions committee still looks favorably on students that participate in sports and show commitment in their high school record. It can help you a bit.. so pick a sport you like, show commitment and try to excel... the particular sport you pick doesn't matter.</p>
<p>Yeah, seriously. My brother is a sophomore and has all-state recognition and first team all-county for track.. he's won tons of marathons.. and has amazing times for both cross country and winter/spring track, and he's still a few seconds away from Cornell's required time for the mile. D1 is the best of the best, so unless you've been specializing in sport for years, you can kiss your chances of recruitment goodbye. Very rarely will you go to them--If you're good enough, they'll come to you.</p>
<p>I have a perfect concept of the sports thing. It's not for me, I haven't been doing any sport long enough. Got it. Stop being rude.</p>
<p>"Best sport for admission to Cornell" Thats not the best thread title to prove you "get it." There is no sport they favor in terms of admission. If you can make their team better, you will get a boost. The chances are very small of that being the case.</p>
<p>Well I wasn't really thinking of using sports for admission unless I found out there was something easy and Cornell wanted people and wasn't very good at it. But apparently there isn't.</p>
<p>Now since I have just been indirectly insulted and scorned in this thread I am leaving it. I don't care what sport will get me into Cornell. I just wondered if it was tennis or swimming since I'm good at those.</p>
<p>You seem to tailor all of your activities to college admissions. Why not just do something you like?</p>
<p>yeah, thats pretty much why I think most of us are upset/skeptical. Do what you like doing. If you like soccer, play it, and to the fullest commitment you feel comfortable with. If you want to learn how to play guitar or spin turntables, do it. Get good at it. Show you care. Cornell has a few spots out of its 3000+ admits that are for outstanding athletes, professors' and insanely rich legacies' kids, etc.. Otherwise, a sport, instrument legacy, etc. will not help you that much in terms of letting you get in with lower academics.</p>
<p>You need not worry about your academics based on the grades you've described. Of course your test scores will be important, but yea...Colleges want you to do something productive with what you enjoy. Play the sports you like, join or start a band or club in whatever area interests you. I for example love music. My community service recently has been mentoring elementry school kids in trumpet. You'll have a much easier time with ECs if you just do what you enjoy, rather than trying to figure out what a top school wants to see. Just be involved.</p>
<p>im going to put my 2 cents in, and say that i truly believe u guys are all wrong with what I've read, and ur thinking doesnt match reality in my opinion. Its like all stereo types or sumtin, i dont know, just my opinion. </p>
<p>also, are any of you a student athlete or been admitted as one? i have, and what i been reading on this post makes me shake my head no no, all wrong, or at least maybe not for the top top top sports at cornell, i donno.</p>
<p>Picking a sport solely based on bettering your chances of getting admitted is quite lame :).</p>
<p>Martinez, what sport have you been recruited for?</p>