<p>Hi, I'm going to Boston College next year I want to run there next year. I already talked to the coach and he would be happy to have me. Is it possible to maintain my grades while running d1 track? </p>
<p>any input is appreciated as I want to put my grades above all else.</p>
<p>Depends on the student. Some will definitely be able to pull it off.</p>
<p>What happens in some cases is that a student will take nine semesters to allow them to get the grades needed and compete in their sport…</p>
<p>can i do it without taking extra time in school? i want to attend med school right after my senior year of college</p>
<p>i have a friend who plays field hockey at uofm and is also pre-med. she is doing fine.</p>
<p>Some premeds can definitely handle it.</p>
<p>ok thanks.</p>
<p>my dentist played football and baseball in college!</p>
<p>:O</p>
<p>I have quite a few friends/classmates who played D1 sports at a big time sports school and are either current med students or recently graduated, including one who was did the decathlon (since you asked about track) for a conference team-title winning program.</p>
<p>One of the anesthesia residents at my med school played in the NFL for 5 years.</p>
<p>(!) Dude, that’s awesome!</p>
<p>There might be a neurosurgeon in 20 years with the Rhodes and a Day 1 NFL draft selection under his belt.</p>
<p>This is actually something I wanted to ask also. I will be a part of the Yale women’s crew next year and doing pre-med. We’ll see how it goes. Hopefully I will remain sane.</p>
<p>I know someone who played football for Washington State University and went on to medical school. He said that much of the time in the interview was spent talking about how he managed to take the pre-med courses, keep up his grades and play football.</p>
<p>Yeah the NFL’er was an offensive lineman…his arms are like my legs…and his legs are like the size of my waist.</p>
<p>@bigredmed: who is this guy who played in the NFL for five years and is now a resident? i’m amazed.</p>
<p>I’m in D3, so it’s much less competitive (and people care even less), and I played tennis. My GPA actually went up from fall to spring (tennis was spring).
It’s nice in some ways because you force yourself to set up a schedule, and not following has a nasty consequence.</p>
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<p>Sounds like someone Rolle-ing in success.</p>
<p>Most my D’s friends quit sport because of academic demands. They are all at state schools, but the sport is swimming which takes about 6 hours / day with most days double practice and additional weight training on your own. Most of them are very good students. There is absolutely no chance to participate in any other activities outside of academic/sport for pre-med swimmer or engineering major swimmer. So it depends on combo of major / college / sport / academic ability / desire to participate in college life.</p>
<p>Awesome, I’m going to be a pre-med freshman at BC next year too. I think you should be able to do whatever it is you set your mind to. I would presume time/energy management would be paramount.</p>
<p>Time/energy management has been learned by all athletes way before college as they are reguired to maintain GPA to be on athletic team in HS. That is not a question. The difference is what you see doing in college. Reguirement of very high GPA for entering Med. School is a priority for pre-meds, the rest is secondary. pre-meds are defrinately not able to do whateve it is their heart desire, they have to watch their time as there are other reguirements like volunteering, doctor’s shadowing, preferrably interning in research lab, taking MCAT, well here is always something that would be be much higher priority than sport if you are serious about entering med. school.</p>