<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I was wondering if you could help me out with a difficult situation that I'm in right now.</p>
<p>I have done wrestling for the past 3 years of high school. I have lettered during each one of those years. During freshman year, I wrestled a few Varsity matches but ultimately could not defeat another opponent at my weight class. I trained really hard over the following summer, and during my sophomore year, I did really well. Went 30-15, won my area, and qualified for states. Junior year, however, was a different story. I was on J.V. for the entire year because I was behind two seniors who were both returning state placers. I tried to make Varsity as much as I could, but one of those seniors basically ran the team. He switched between weights every week (125 and 130), and I had to adjust my eating habits weekly to try and make the team. That season was frustrating as well because I felt like my coaches just blew me off in favor of other kids on the team. I also was not awarded the scholar athlete award at the end-of-the-season banquet even though I had the highest GPA (3.99) out of the junior and senior wrestlers.</p>
<p>I'm reaching the end of my junior year, and I'm really thinking about quitting wrestling my senior year of high school. I'm not only fed up with it, but I'm also not as passionate about it as I used to be. Wrestling is also very nerve-racking with weight cutting, and I often feel depressed during wrestling season. I recently went to my school's spring musical, and I'm thinking about doing the winter and spring musicals during my senior year in place of wrestling (one of the leads in the musical even recommended that I join). This isn't just something random either: I have a passion for film, and I've always been interested in acting. One of the other leads in that musical quit soccer his senior year after not making the team and ended up being an extremely talented thespian despite having never done it before. Will quitting a sport that I've lettered in for 3 years and have done during all of high school affect my college application? </p>
<p>Here's a list of other things I do/have done:
9th grade Football
J.V. Track since 9th grade
J.V. Cross Country since 10th grade
HOBY Youth Leadership Ambassador
A member of a county-wide Youth Leadership Program
Vice President of my class since 9th grade
Retreat Leader
Dean's List in 9th grade; Honor Roll in 10th and 11th
3.99 cumulative GPA
National Honors Society Member
German Honors Society Member
AATG High Scoring Certificate (got 90th Percentile or above on a National German Exam in 9th grade)
Altar Server and Eucharistic Minister (I go to a Catholic School)
4 on my A.P. European History Exam; currently taking A.P. Chemistry and A.P. U.S. History
Will take A.P. Calculus AB, A.P. German, and A.P. Biology next year
Have been on the advanced math and science track at my school
Active in my Catholic Church
Work 2 part-time jobs: 1 in summer (lifeguarding), 1 in spring (concession stand work)
Was a "shadow buddy" to prospective students
Went on a mission trip during the spring break of my junior year to Nicaragua</p>
<p>...in other words, I think I have plenty of other activities that I invest time in and am dedicated to. Thoughts?</p>