<p>I am currently a senior. I participated in track from freshman to junior year. I dont plan on doing track this year because, honestly, I never really enjoyed it. I only did it to work out and because other people said I should do it (I'm one of those people that have a hard time saying no). It's not because of "senioritis". I have mostly As with a couple Bs and I'm also in a bunch of other school clubs. I plan on applying to the more selective UCs (SD, Davis, LA, Irvine) and a few private schools. Will not doing track my senior year have a big affect on my admissions? Since track season is in the spring after apps are due, can I just get away with checking off that I did track? Thanks. This has been bugging me since school started.</p>
<p>You are planning on accurately noting that you did track 9, 10 and 11.
I don’t see how that obligates you to run track next spring as a senior.
Find something else you like to do with your time, like your other clubs.
I think the only person who will disappointed about this is your track coach.</p>
<p>Note too that if you continue to run - but not as part of the track team - you can simply put down ‘Running’ as your EC and in the line where you provide detail, you add track team (years and hrs/wk) and mention that the rest is self paced. Lots of athletes (especially runners) don’t belong to a team at all but work out regularly and it’s still an EC. It doesn’t have to be done at school or on a team to count.</p>
<p>Can I just lie on my application and say that I did track my senior year?</p>
<p>Definitely wouldn’t lie on a college application. They find out that you are not being honest, I don’t think that they will want to keep you. Just don’t lie, you can put that you still ran as an EC, just don’t say that it was for school because, if for some reason, they decide to contact the school about you and find out that you lied, you are in trouble. Even something as small as that.</p>