My personal advice on college admissions

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The thing is, if you aren’t one of them, colleges care more about <em>whether</em> you play a sport than how <em>good</em> you are at that sport. So, you should probably move towards a less popular sport, like tennis, lacrosse, badminton, swimming, crew, etc.- rather than one of the big famous ones, like football or basketball, that will suck up all your time. Have fun, and use your time for other things- like keeping up your grades!- rather than trying to be “the best” at a sport (unless you’re good enough to get in as part of an athletic program, but you’ll know if you are).

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<p>You make some good points, but I agree with ClassicRockerDad. You only live once, and it’s silly to do stuff (or in this case, not do stuff) JUST for the sake of college admissions. In this case, if you like basketball, I say have fun!</p>