<p>I hate how some schools it's so easy to make a certain sports team, and then at other schools it's one of the most difficult thingsin the world. </p>
<p>For example: A varsity football player at school 1 wouldn't even have a shot at JV football at school 2. </p>
<p>So then these athletes at school 1 can rack up tons of sports, while at school 2 you cannot.</p>
<p>I'm not bringing this up because I didn't make a team, but I am currently trying out for one and I thought it was a bit funny at how hard it is at this school, but how I'd be considered a god in my sport at another school I used to attend.</p>
<p>Lots of great athletes are never recruited.</p>
<p>I’m saying college app wise. Players at school 1 get to put lots of sports on there apps, while school 2 players can only put one that they really have to be playing year round to make the team for.</p>
<p>How can you really know that if you’re not a college admissions officer?</p>
<p>Sports practices can take up a few hours every day after school and can be very physically demanding (I don’t expect most CCers to understand that though). A lot better than NHS or something of the sort IMO.</p>
<p>at my school, the tennis team is practically impossible to make because its basically the best in the states (possibly second best). it will be especially hard for me because i just transferred there. its pretty unfair considering to make the team you basically need to practice everyday all year and dish out thousands on lessons…</p>
<p>Wow, Armando…I found that last post a bit offensive, and I’m an athlete! XD</p>
<p>There are a lot of things besides sports that fit that descriptions: try musical theatre for instance. It’s VERY taxing to run around all day, not to mention the dance routines, the overall choreography, and (in our case) running back and forth to dressing rooms (ours are down several flights of stairs, below the stage).</p>
<p>Yeah- I found that a bit offensive as well.</p>
<p>I’ll tack on to HGFM- if you don’t like to sing, try the tech crew; anyone who tries to say it’s not physically demanding is out of their mind (especially when your crew consists of three other people…).
On my JV team, we practiced over 12 hours a week. On my V team (different school), we practiced 6. It’s not as if the V was weaker, just different…</p>
<p>Besides, unless you’re good enough to be recruited, sports (or the lack of them) aren’t going to make or break your application.</p>
<p>You shouldn’t have found that offensive if you yourself do some type of physical activity. I understand your pain from musical theater, but that’s nowhere near the physical activity from a sport.</p>
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<p>Then that has absolutely nothing to do with my own personal observations. I’m comparing two significantly different schools in athletics.</p>
<p>I realize athletics aren’t held as high in regard here on CC for college apps, but you guys truly underestimate them. And I see we’re all college admissions officers now?</p>
<p>Have you ever actually tried it? Not only is theater physically taxing, it takes quite a bit more out of you mentally than sports do.</p>
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<p>I could ask the same question of you, complaining so much about how you won’t get into college because you can’t get onto the team of whatever sport you want.</p>
<p>FYI, I have 3 years of GOLF on my application (and we didn’t even have to try out for the team because there was such a shortage of girls), and nothing else. And I was just accepted to my 2nd choice college. Trust me…if you have other ECs that are even more stellar, you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Um I agree about the musical theatre thing…It may not be as PHYSICALLY demanding as sports, but it certainly requires the same amount of time and practice, if not more. (And yes, the dance routines are taxing!)</p>
<p>i agree with you armando.. my school is soo good at athletics for most sports, except like football.. and it’s soo competitive for girls sports.. and i would be on varsity for like softball & basketball by now at any other school in my area if my school wasn’t like state champs and final four every year.</p>
<p>I’m a gymnast. I think I know more than your average joe about athletics and the stamina they require. So trust me on this: tech crew most certainly requires a hell of a lot of physical activity (if you’re working backstage rather than light/sound boards).</p>
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Yes it does. I was doing the exat same thing- the two schools are in fact very different athletics-wise.</p>
<p>Exactly… I didn’t make it into my school’s tennis team because it’s so damn competitive. Sometimes I wish I were at a crappier school so I could join the tennis and some other sport team.</p>
<p>This is also off-topic, but is anyone in orchestra? Some pieces can be extremely taxing. Like a Wagner opera. Not that we’ve ever played one. I’m going to try pit orchestra that year, and we’re doing Jekyll and Hyde, so this ought to be interesting…last year, a few people stayed at school until 11:00 p.m. practicing.</p>
<p>The pit orchestra at our school isn’t very good. We personally think it’s the conductor. She’s not very nice (She told me I was a problem child XD to paint you a picture: If I’m a problem child, my friends are demon spawn), and she just…needs to retire.</p>
<p>It’s especially hard when you learn the waltz REALLY fast and then you get it down and you go onstage and the orchestra is playing it about 5 times slower than you learned it.</p>
<p>I know what you mean. Although I am a 3 season varsity athlete, and will probably play a sport in college, I find that a lot of people who sit the bench could usually start on other teams that we play.</p>
<p>I was almost cut from sports my freshman year, I am now going onto Division one sports team with a possible scholarship. Every kid should get an initial chance, I’m lucky I got one. Although after I got that chance, I worked my ass off to become what I am today. I am not naturally talented by any means, 85% of my ability is based off of hard work and the rest by pure drive.</p>
<p>It’s not “unfair,” just different. Rather than complaining about how this will affect college admissions (which is all that CC kids do) you should take into account the fact that you will probably learn a lot more at the tough-sports school on the JV than you would on a bad Varsity team. That SHOULD be all that matters.</p>
<p>Also, I agree about the musical theater thing. I’ve been in both, and while yes, ballroom dancing is tiring, running 5-6 miles during a Varsity soccer game and coming off the field with a swollen ankle, four giant black and blue bruises on my thighs, and a bloody nose is nothing to compare. And waking up the next morning? Definitely not at all like musical theater.</p>