<p>Well I got a BIG problem</p>
<p>I cant choose</p>
<p>a) I can do V waterpolo ( great tream NCA--> every year)
or
b) focus on school, hospital ( medicine is my real passion), research, music, and sats</p>
<p>the problem is that if I do V waterpolo b --> it will be impossible to maintain b</p>
<p>are sports that important???????????? </p>
<p>b/c it seems that everyone @ my school who got into an top schools ( IVY, UChicago, NW, JH, standford etc.....................) had a V sport</p>
<p>The important thing is to focus on what you're passionate about. Colleges want to see that you enjoy something and believe in it, and that you have followed through with the interest to the furthest extent. If sports does that for you, great. If something else does instead, go for that.</p>
<p>For the record, I got into Princeton without sports. My school (traditionally known for its sports) was a little surprised. :)</p>
<p>Sports are fairly irrelevant if you are not good enough to be recruited. They are just another EC that shows teamwork, dedication, possibly leadership. If you can demonstrate these qualities in another way, do.</p>
<p>I say dont do it if its just for college apps. Jeez I do XC and track cause i love it and i wanna win a state title next year. Sounds like you dont want to to do it. If ya want to do it then you will if just for college then dont.</p>
<p>How does coaching a little kids Cya basketball team look?</p>
<p>I was cut from the bball team, so I started coaching.</p>
<p>A question. Can sports alone get you into an Ivy League school, if you are good enough? I believe that they can, and have known people accepted to Ivies solely for sports, but an acquaintance told me that sports aren't as important at Ivies as they are at schools like MIT and Stanford. </p>
<p>Could a national caliber athlete with subpar GPA and SATs of about 1800 get into Harvard?</p>
<p>What does national caliber mean? If you are talking about Olympic athletes, definately. If you just mean a recruitable player, possibly not. But Harvard will not accept somebody that they do not think is capable of doing the work.</p>
<p>A National Caliber Athlete would probably be like an All-American in their sport</p>