How much does quitting a sports team you were heavily involved in affect your app?

<p>I had to quit my high school team and AAU team for basketball in the beginning of my junior year. Up until that point all my extracurriculars were based around that in which i spent 2-3 hours a day after school(youth counselor, youth coach and player). It is now near the end of my junior year and I've tried to turn my attention to my major in college (business) through a small school club and a summer job. I spend a lot more time on studying than on extracurriculars than I used to, so I feel worried</p>

<p>How much will giving up the team hurt me? </p>

<p>*I quit because I thought that I couldn't maintain my GPA, lost interest and didn't really enjoy playing it as much as I had originally. Due to a losing record and a new coach which I did not get along with...At that time I didn't really pay attention to getting into college, so I didn't know that extracurriculars throughout high school were so important (I originally just joined because it was fun, i was good and i was respected more by my classmates)</p>

<p>Is there any way you could combine your interest in basketball with your interest in business? Then it would seem less like quitting and more like re-focusing. For example could you like get a job with the AAU program or something like that?</p>

<p>I'd say that you lost a good part of your application. As it is repeatedly said, adcoms like to see passion in EC's, and that is what your basketball things sound like, passion because you were in AAU team and your high school team. But if you have other EC's that you are heavily involved in, this won't harm you that much.</p>

<p>I know you're not supposed to "lie" on your application, but if it really concerns you what colleges will think, just say you had an injury that forced you to miss the last two seasons. </p>

<p>In reality, it will have absolutely no factor on your admissions at 99.99% of schools.</p>

<p>I had the exact same thing happen with soccer, although I did have a minor health problem that contributed to it as well, and got into schools like Tulane and UIUC no problem and a full ride at a solid state school.</p>

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I know you're not supposed to "lie" on your application, but if it really concerns you what colleges will think, just say you had an injury that forced you to miss the last two seasons.</p>

<p>In reality, it will have absolutely no factor on your admissions at 99.99% of schools.

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<p>lol thats a good idea...</p>