<p>Hey everyone, I'm applying to USC right now and i just read online that the adcom likes varsity athletes. I can understand how superb athletes get in (those that can actually make a USC team) but what about everyone else? In my case, I've played soccer all my life and ran cross country and track. I got MVP in cross country twice and MVP in soccer senior year. Also, the team i played on for club soccer won nationals the year after I "quit" (I temporarily took a break from soccer to run track and xc for most of highschool). </p>
<p>Is there anyway I can use my athletic ability to help me get into USC? I'd love to play soccer in college but I didn't play enough in highschool to get recruited or anything. Do i have to try out or something? lol thanks in advance for help</p>
<p>wow usc doesn’t even have a men’s soccer team. ■■■ -_-</p>
<p>Nope, no men’s soccer. There is a good club soccer team though.</p>
<p>Generally, if you’re not a recruited athlete then you won’t get direct benefit from it. If you’ve done sports consistently through high school though, had a leadership position in the team, etc, then those are benefits that they will look at though.</p>
<p>ah oh well. good point hawkwings, I was fortunately team captain for soccer so maybe that’ll help me out</p>
<p>USC definitely loves well-rounded students, so regardless of your soccer capabilities, the fact that you’ve spent a lot of time and dedication to a sport will undoubtedly boost your application! And it royally sucks that we don’t have a men’s soccer team, but our club team is awesome, and IM is fun! I just did IM soccer this past season and it was pretty much comprised of kids who played soccer while they were in high school, so it wasn’t easy haha.</p>
<p>Any sports team involvement is worth putting down on the extra curriculars page. I think it is a plus, but main thing is high GPA and high SAT scores. Also, I suggest that you do not use the word “quit” on your application. Rather , just put down the dates that you played each sport. No explanation is necessary for quitting a sport–kids grow and change their interests.</p>