I am a junior in high school who has loaded himself with 6 academic classes and one elective: Geometry, AP US History, Chemistry, AP Calc AB, Beginning Instruments, AP Japanese, and AP English Lan. I am not a smart guy and feel like I am still weak on AP English, Japanese, and Calc even though the AP tests are only three months away. A new sports season just started last week in my school. I tried out for Track because I still need 5 sports credits in order to graduate. Track is so tiring and lasts almost to three hours each day. I know that doing a sport is good for your health and helps you to focus, on learning, but after trying out, I find that I would not have time for everything else except for homework. I heard that academics is always more important than sports, especially for junior year. But it would be a pity if I do not do track though since it is offered only in one season and I did not do any sport last year. Do colleges care whether you do sports or not while you are in high school? And should I quit track in order to focus on studying for these classes?
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Is there any way that your coach would allow you to go to less practices or leave practice early given your academic circumstances?
If your grades are going way down, then quit track because school is more important than extra curriculars. But first, talk to your coach so that he knows what us going on.
You “still need 5 sports credits in order to graduate”??
Then wouldn’t quitting track jeopardize your graduation?
Why in the world are you taking Geometry alongside Calculus???
In any case, colleges, don’t really care about sports unless you’re recruitable - if you’re not a recruit, it’s just another EC, no more valuable to them than being a flute player or SADD member. So if there’s another way for you to fulfill that heath/gym requirement in other ways, try to do it - sports are good for health but it sounds like track is too strenuous for you.
Would your school accept the HOPE (Heath&Physical Education) credits from Florida Virtual High School? Essentially you’re equiped with a bracelet that tracks that you do 30mn of activity a day + you have some learning&quizzes. FLVHS is public and fully recognized by the State of Florida.
@tigerman333 I talked to Coach. He said you have to be dedicated if you want to be in the team and come to practice everyday. Can’t leave early or start late.
@kimclan1 Talked to coach, I have pretty much put up my mind to quit and do a sport next year. Gonna email him either tonight or tommorow.
@bjkmom I still have another year since I am a junior. Either I would have to take a P.E. class or go to Cross Country in I have time to fulfill my requirements for next year.
@MYOS1634 One of the graduation requirements of my school and many UCs and other colleges is that a geometry course has to be taken. I was not able to take a geometry class last year when I first came to the school, and I do not want to take the class as a senior, so I thought it would be nice if I can finish geometry this year along with other math classes.
My school is located in California. I am not sure if they would accept credits from Florida Virtual High School, but if things don’t work out, I would talk to my Councillor about that. Thank you so much for giving me such good advice!
Everyone thank you soo much for replying and giving me advice! You guys are such nice people!
Go ask tomorrow: the credits from FLVHS are accepted in most states because it’s a public school, not a fort-profit outfit, and they have a curriculum that fulfills graduation requirements (hence the HOPE course). You’d have a bit more time, be less exhausted, and would still get your credits. Wouldn’t it be nice?
If it doesn’t work, make sure to ask your GC what else you could do.
Have none of your PE credits transferred with you?
I didn’t question why you were taking Geometry… but how you ended up taking a freshman/sophomore-level class alongside an advanced senior class! It’s just the juxtaposition: Geometry is MUCH easier than Calculus and tends to be taken two or three years before that, not at the same time. A person who does well on calculus is assumed to have taken Geometry and done well in it. (Note that California accepts Integrated math 1, 2, 3 as equivalent to Algebra1&2+Geometry, if that’s the sequence you did?) So, something’s odd.