<p>Hi guys... I'm going to be at Wharton next year and I wasn't recruited to swim at Penn but now have the opportunity to walk on to the swim team. The question I have is if being a student at Wharton, or at just Penn in general, is tough to balance with being on an athletic team. I know there's tons of student athletes at Wharton/Penn but I guess what I'm saying is I wouldn't want to swim if it would put any more than a really small amount of stress on my schoolwork. How time consuming would it be for a walk on to play a sport and still maintain schoolwork?</p>
<p>Can I share your acdemics and SAT etc. EC. I would like to compare with mine,
I want ot swim at Upenn or Chicago, Thanks</p>
<p>Doing a varsity sport- even if you sit on the bench- is extremely time consuming and will add a lot of stress. You may be traveling to out of town meets and practices are very early in the mornings, which will affect your social life and your study time. Only do this if you really want to be part of Penn's swim team. Many recruited varsity athletes do not make it past the first year.</p>
<p>^^ Thanks MomofWildChild. that's good info!</p>
<p>and sun_coatech: i got into wharton w/o the endorsement from the coach or anything like that, so my stats are similar to any other penn student's</p>
<p>My S ( a Wharton grad) thought he could have been a walk on on the baseball team because he was a starter on a team that was ranked in the top 10 in the country by USA Today. While at Penn, he attended the first baseball team meeting and had second thoughts due to tough time commitment. He did join the sprint football team (he had never played football before)which had a short season. He became a starter and had a wonderful experience.</p>
<p>However, today, he has some regrets for not trying out at baseball. So, perhaps you can try out, if you make the team, that's great, if not, you would not have regrets.</p>
<p>Make sure you check out the culture of the Penn swim team, too. There were some "issues" a few years ago and even an article in the Daily Pennsylvanian about the culture of the team.</p>