I’ve been swimming since age 8 for a competetitive swim team but was not very dedicated (went about half the time). The problem is, I was decently fast, but in 7th grade I had to stop swimming because I had to study for my bar mitzvah and attend hebrew school. The problem is that after my bar mitzvah, I did not return to swimming until we had swim team signups for 9th grade, and by then, I had lost most of my technique and was really out of shape, so i was put on JV in 9th and 10th grades. Since 9th grade, swimming has consumed basically all my ffree time, yet since I started out so slow in 9th grade, I have very mediocre results. Therefore, I am worried that colleges will not like how I swam so much yet I do not have the results. Will putting down <em>swam since 8, varsity in 11th grade</em> lol really hurt me? Im worried because my other EC’s really suffer due to the enormous amount of time swimming takes. SORRY FOR THE LONG READ AND THANK YOU
<p>I don't know how colleges will look at it, but I think everybody knows what a time-consuming sport swimming is. But every swimmer is not a great athlete and I can't imagine that colleges would hold your athletic shortcomings against you. You tried. Maybe some mention of "perseverence to come back" in a letter of recommendation by your swim coach or rabbi would be helpful, if you are concerned.</p>
<p>Are you thinking of swimming in college? If so, they don't care if you stopped for a while, just what times are you now posting? If it is to put on a list of activities, it would be neutral.</p>