<p>Okay, I'm slightly confused... I've read/heard that the title of "varsity sports" includes any/every level of sport done thru high school. Junior Varsity wouls still count as a "varsity sport." Non-varsity sports would be non-school-sanctioned sports, like a club or community thing. Is this the correct definition?</p>
<p>Or is it just saying, "varsity sports" means you have to be on the varsity level of a school sport. </p>
<p>I am on my school's junior varsity softball team. So would I be able to check off the box labeled, "varsity sports?" Thanks</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure that a junior varsity player probably put less effort or wasn't as good as a varsity player... Why should someone who put in more work get the same amount of commendation as someone who put in less?</p>
<p>that's beside the point; of course a varsity player is typically better than a jv player!! I'm just saying, according to many definitions, a "varsity player" includes all students playing for a school team, not just a varsity level school team.</p>
<p>Commendation or not, I'm asking whether someone knows FOR SURE what that exact definition is, ACCORDING TO COLLEGES (not high schools).</p>
<p>jv is distinct from varsity, saying you'd be on varsity would be lying and grounds for revoking. </p>
<p>This is a stupid thread. You asked a question and once someone answered it you basically disregarded their obvious answer. You know the answer to this question.</p>
<p>yeah, just put JV down... although the two are different, i think ANY commitment to a sport is good. some people just aren't born to be sports stars, but when those people stick with what they love anyway, it's a really good thing, IMO.</p>
<p>i'll be the first one to agree with the OP: by saying varsity sport, you're indicating that a varsity level of it exists at your high school, not that you were on the varsity level of it. if you were on jv, it's your duty to qualify that somewhere. non-varsity sports would be intramurals, or badminton, or things that don't exists as varsity sports. (for me, sailing.) </p>
<p>however, as far as all athletes of that "varsity sport" being considered varsity players as stated in post #3, that's way questionable. i don't think that would fly.</p>
<p>It is entirely possible for someone to play a varsity sport, but not earn a varsity letter. Such as, I ran in all the varsity cross country meets, but I did not receive my letter because I was not in the top 7 on the team. Where as for my other varisty sports I wrote when I earned my letter, I left the space next to cross country blank.</p>
<p>Sorry to hijack, but I'm on a tennis team. The whole team is labeled as "varsity," but only 6 play in regionals and state tournaments. However, the others do play (and win) against varsity squads of other schools. And if I got 2 letters, can I still say I played Varsity tennis?</p>
<p>I actually asked that question of an admin rep who came to my school. She said varsity sport indicated a sport played at school--the non-varsity category was for sports played outside of school. They ask you to put down the number of varsity letters won--that's how they can tell if you were at the varsity level or jr. varsity level.</p>
<p>BTW at my school players on the jv teams practice the same amount of time as the varsity players--they all practice together.</p>
<p>Playing JV or Freshman isn't any less of a commitment than "varsity." It's biased against those who attend large schools if it were only considered playing a sport if you were at the top level. So because kid A plays JV at a school of 4500 kids and kid B plays varsity at a school of 200 and kid A is twice the athlete of kid B, but because the school is so much more competitive, kid B is rewarded and kid A suffers. That's Democracy...</p>
<p>In response to a couple prior posts, I am not trying to say that I am of the "varsity level." The varsity level of a sport is not the same thing as a "varsity sport," as I was trying to point out and make sure of (as NJlaxfan confirmed). I am in no way planning to declare that I was playing sports on a varsity level, as I have no varsity letters/anything to show for it. I'd like to think I am a person of integrity, and not that ridiculous. </p>
<p>Not that it makes a huge deal, but on the Georgetown app, there are a bunch of boxes to check. They do not have an option for non-varsity sports, but they do have one for varsity sports. I just wanted to make sure that I wouldn't be lying if I said I did check the "varsity sports" box (and according to NJlaxfan via a college rep, I wouldn't be lying). On another part of my application, I did and will make sure to clarify that I was on the "junior varsity" level. This was a clarifying question. Remember, this is the internet. You cannot tell what people are talking about literally unless they explain exactly what they mean. That was what I was trying to clarify. I wasn't attacking anyone, ignoring anyone's 'obvious' posts, or declaring that I should be quantified in the same level as any other person who is on varsity.</p>