Do I need a sport?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hey everybody I've been posting kind of frequently so sorry if it's becoming annoying to some of you,</p>

<p>I'm going into my sophomore year with a 3.807 (non -weighted) GPA after 4 honors classes and going into 4 honors and one AP this year. I've been arguing recently with my mother about allowing me to participate on the track team, as it's something I enjoy and also I currently lack a sport on my transcript.She claims that I am already too busy to take on another activity.I am a member of my school's select band and jazz band, class president (this is going to be the second year), a soon to be Eagle Scout and therefore a Boy Scout(I've also held a leadership position in scouts for the past two years), employed part-time(since freshman year) and I may(emphasis on may) be looking into starting a club that benefits lower income schools in my local area. With all of that plus my GPA and class rigor(assuming I don't screw up too badly in the upcoming years), do you think a sport is necessary to get into an upper level school in this case?</p>

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<p>You don’t need a sport. For our school, track/XC practice is quite time-consuming. Like I’ve said before, the majority of the people I know who have gone to top schools never even touched a sport (well, except for in PE when it was mandatory).</p>

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<p>You don’t need a sport, but if you feel that it’s an integral part of your life and that you enjoy it very much, I would go for it. Sports aren’t for your transcript. Sports are to develop your character, leadership, teamwork, and to enjoy your teammates as you push each other to do better.</p>

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<p>Enjoy life. Do track if you’d enjoy it and drop something you find tedious. </p>

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<p>You don’t need any specific kind of EC. </p>

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<p>You don’t need a sport, but if you like it then I say go for it. It will be a huge time commitment, keep in mind (I pretty much have no spare time when soccer season comes around), but you’ll likely find that being a part of a team was one of the most satisfying things you did during high school.</p>