Hey guys… incoming junior here. My doctor said that it is “strongly advised” for me to not partake in my school’s varsity swim team that i’ve been part of for both freshman and sophomore year because of back problems that i’ve been experiencing since 3 months ago. How much do you think this will hurt my college apps for places like JHU, Duke, and the UC’s? Thanks a lot 
Were you good enough at swimming to be recruited to a Division I college varsity team? (You would likely, by now, have multiple state-level competitions with top 6 finishes if so.)
If you were not at at the recruitable level, your lack of swimming will have no effect on admissions, assuming you fill your time with other significant ECs.
I am no where near the D1 level, and alright that sounds good. Do you still think that 2 years worth of varsity level swim counts for anything?
You can specify that an injury prevented you continuing in your sport - that way there is little chance that they simply think you “dropped” it.
^ have your college counselor write in your application that you were injured and had to stop sports
does it really matter whether or not i specify an injury?
Were you recruited?
nope not recruited to anywhere.