<p>Hi. Yesterday, my coach told me and a few others that we had been cut from our high school swim team. We had been on Frosh then JV and this is my junior year (aka the "most important" year). </p>
<p>So, I have two questions: 1) How would competitive colleges like Stanford look at a student who did two years of swim and then quit, and 2) What options do I now have? New sport? Or take another class? </p>
<p>By the way, grades are not of concern, as I have about a 4.6</p>
<p>If you don’t mind me asking, why where you cut? Also what do the rest of your ECs look like?</p>
<p>Just join something else. I was cut from basketball- joined theater.</p>
<p>The incoming freshmen were better than me. So there weren’t enough spots for me. Any suggestions?</p>
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<p>I have volunteered 3 hours/week since sophomore year at the same place (is now a leader), am a board member of two clubs, founded one club, started organizing events with my city (interview only, one of three chosen from my high school), and I’ll likely become a CSF seal bearer.</p>
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<p>How would a college view someone who stops doing a sport after two years of commitment? (Anyone, please answer)</p>
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<p>Well if you are interested in joining a new sport, and find one you’d enjoy, I’d recommend it.</p>
<p>Honestly, I’m not too interested in joining another sport. (Maybe track) thanks for suggesting though. Anyone else have suggestions? Being cut is really upsetting me.</p>
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<p>If you love to swim, is there a rec level or club level team in your area? My D likes to swim, but isn’t fast, so rec league is a good fit for her.</p>
<p>I agree with allyphoe.
look into rec leauges</p>
<p>Thanks guys! A swim rec league sounds good. So would I just google search that or is there a more efficient method?</p>
<p>Also, I might just join robotics club. I’m really into that stuff but couldn’t do it because of sports.</p>
<p>My main concern is that colleges will see me as an “extracurricular activity jumper”, meaning that I show no commitment.</p>
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<p>I think it is more common than you think to just have two years in a sport. In our state, many sports don’t have a true “JV”, they have Frosh, Soph and Varsity so roughly half the kids are cut or quit when they move from sophomore to junior year. </p>
<p>If you enjoy swimming, I would definitely call your local rec club. Chances are you could do that and robotics as a rec club is not very time consuming. You could google or call your local YMCA or try [USA</a> Swimming - Join USA Swimming](<a href=“http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1577&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en-US]USA”>http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1577&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en-US)</p>
<p>USA teams tend to be more competitive (want to see faster times) than rec league. I just google for “swim team [mytown]” to find teams near me.</p>