<p>I have a quick question.</p>
<p>Do you guys think it is manageable to play a sport and still get good grades? I don't plan on majoring Engineering or anything, but I still heard the workload was a lot and that sports take up a lot of time, etc etc... people end up not doing very well</p>
<p>can you play a sport and still keep a relatively high gpa?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Are you talking a varsity sport or club / intramural team?</p>
<p>I had this question too. In my case, I meant varsity or club ( undecided, if you could explain both that would be great). From my understanding, intramural doesn’t take up much time.</p>
<p>As long as you have the work ethic. Over 100 varsity athletes have over a 4.0 every year:</p>
<p>[Cornell</a> Chronicle: Student-athletes honored for 4.0 GPAs](<a href=“Home | Cornell Chronicle”>Home | Cornell Chronicle)</p>
<p>That’s only for 1 semester, not overall cumulative…</p>
<p>A few years ago, the Cornell lacrosse goalie was a Physics major and graduated with something like a 3.8 GPA. He had a few 4.0 semesters in there. IIRC that’s the year the team went to the Final Four and the goalie won all sorts of accolades – i.e. he did well academically and athletically.</p>
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<p>But the point that you can do extremely well academically and play a sport still stands.</p>
<p>I’m talking about either club or varsity
Idk if I’m good enough for varsity… i might try to walk on or something
but i definitely plan to plan at least club
i want to know if its usual for ppl to play sports and still have a really high gpa 3.75+, because i dont want playing a sport to interfere with academics</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>well it’s definitely going to interfere to an extent if you are playing a varsity sport, because you will miss some classes/sections because of away contests. obviously people are able to deal with this and still earn fine grades, but it’s going to make things more challenging for sure.</p>
<p>Well, both club and varsity are going to be huge comittments no matter what.</p>
<p>Like I know for Club Tennis, they have three 2-hour practices per week and that’s not including possible matches against other schools.</p>
<p>And Varsity Sports usually have practice more like six 2-hour practices plus games and I may be underestimating.</p>
<p>But anything is possible as seen by Cayuga’s link.</p>
<p>D plays a varsity sport at Cornell, and is anything but “pampered.” If you love your sport, it will be an experience unlike that at any D1 school outside the Ivy League. The experiences you will share with teammates at a place like Cornell will be priceless and will last a lifetime. That said, if you do not have true passion for your sport, consider playing at a club or intramural level. Keep it fun.</p>