<p>I'm a 3 year varsity football starter and have been captain in 11th and 12th grade, and a 2 year varsity basketball starter. My grades have been good, and so are my test scores, but do sports really help if I'm not being recruited by the school? For instance, is being a 3 year varsity football starter equivalent to being on varsity track for 3 years, because not to sound condescending to track runners, but football requires much more commitment at least in my school. Is that taken into account, or are all sports weighted equally?</p>
<p>Sports are going to be counted equally. Colleges just want to see your commitment to something over a long amount of time. If your not being recruited To play that sport at the school it won’t help much</p>
<p>Agree with invader71</p>
<p>I doubt colleges consider sports differently if you’re not being recruited. Amongst different schools, the “status” of sports vary a lot. For example, my school is the opposite of yours - most people don’t see the football players as being more committed. Rather, it’s the track team that practices through rain, snow, vacations, whatever. So I don’t think there’s a way for colleges to know the difference at a specific school.</p>
<p>ok thanks, i just wanted some perspective on things.</p>