<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I'm a sophomore and have been playing tennis at a high level for eight years. I was on the varsity team this year and as a freshman, and am expected to take the leading singles position and probably captain next year. Would it hurt my application to quit school tennis for the next two years?</p>
<p>My reasons: I commute to a public school in a different town. I'm primarily an academic student and artist/writer, and put these things before tennis. The commute coupled with tennis practices will put me under a lot of time stress next year. My coach is also slightly maniacal. I don't feel that tennis at my high school is as much of a "team sport" as I would like it to be. Things are all too serious at times, and coach has NO tolerance. I just feel that without tennis, I would have a third of my summer and so many extra hours during the fall to excel in other extracurriculars. </p>
<p>I would continue playing in USTA tournaments and probably advance to regionals/sectional championships with my league team. </p>
<p>Please help. I have to keep college in mind, obviously, but I don't know how much of a negative quitting might be on my resume!</p>