<p>Sorry if this seems like a dumb question!
So now that I'm a rising Sophmore... I keep hearing that if I don't do some kind of sports that I'm doomed to not get into to my choice Colleges! I have asthma so I can't really run/do anything too strenuous or my lungs start to close up.
Quick Info:
My GPA first semester was a 3.625 and last semester was a 3.83, together making a 3.73. I was 77th out of 1025 students first semester.
I'm in the Gifted program and I took one AP class. I'm in Beta Club, Art Club, and SGA. Also I'm in Girl Scouts and working on the gold medal. I've won awards for my art and cooking. (These are just the things I can think of off the top of my head.)
I really want to go into UGA doing something in art or engineering. I hope to make all As next year and I'm taking another AP class. (I'm again taking all the gifted classes I can take too.)
I just constantly see people saying at my school that you won't be noticed even if you have good grades if you don't play any type of JV or Varsity sport and its getting a little depressing. Sorry, I don't know much about College admissions yet and I just want to get a head start.</p>
<p>That is the most bogus thing I have ever heard! Sports only can really help you if you are recruitable which is about the top 1% or less of athletes. I played sports all through high school but didn’t even put them down on my college applications and I still go tinto wonderful schools. </p>
<p>I think way too many kids waste their time joining sports they don’t want to play and are mediocre at because they think it will help with college but it DOESNT. PM me if you have any more questions.</p>
<p>That is deff not true, sports will have nothing to do with it. I know of many students who got into their college of choice and did not participate in sports. Try getting into an honor society, or club and run for president or another leadership position! :)</p>
<p>Watch out for college advice from peers who haven’t even applied to college yet. Kids with asthma get into good colleges.<br>
What sports- or music, theater, whatever- show is your ability to get with the plan, stay the course and, hopefully, rise in ability and responsibility. There is no one formula, but if you want engineering, the competing applicants will have math-sci clubs or competitions behind them.</p>
<p>I usually feel ECs should follow a rule of 3: things you do for yourself or to follow your own interests (music lessons, a hobby, art, an internship, etc.) b) things you do for your group, meaning at high school, church or based on your culture: joining some clubs, SGA, working on some school/church/cultural org’s project or need, etc. c) what you do for others- usually some form of community service. There’s overlap. See if your activities fit this scheme. Pick some you can stick with. That’s a start. Good luck.</p>
<p>Btw, honor societies vary by school- it’s good, but the standards at your school can be entirely different at the next. So, adcoms at selective schools aren’t automatically impressed. And, “president” is too often en empty goal- many kids make it seem like the greatest accomplishment and then on the CA, they can’t descibe any value to the role. So, try to choose wisely. If you’re a good student, you can easily mentor or tutor middle school kids, too.</p>