<p>Would it be a bad decision, college-wise, to do three semesters of a sport and then quit?</p>
<p>I did cross country and track my sophomore year, and am finishing up my cross country semester this January. Track semester starts in February.</p>
<p>I really want to...no...need to quit. I realized just how much I hate these two sports. That and it's interfering with a lot of other stuff that's going on (I'm involved in a lot of club leadership as well as journalism).</p>
<p>But I realize that this isn't something that I can attempt to rationalize within 500 words in a college essay. If a school that I am applying to (my dream school is NYU's Stern) sees that I did three semesters and quit, would it look bad?</p>
<p>Notes:</p>
<p>Me in a nutshell: 2300 SAT, 226 PSAT, expecting to finish 11th grade with a 4.3 gpa, co-president of a club, secretary of NHS, page editor for my school newspaper.</p>
<p>if you really dont like this sport and that sport bothers you, you should quit honestly. being involved with athletics, i know that it takes up a lot of time and energy especially if you have other ecs lying around. your other ecs look really strong so i’m sure you’ll be fine. maybe you should do a club or something that relates to business to show that you’re passionate about going to nyu’s stern.
also, i think UCs rather than privates care more about consistency in ecs.</p>
<p>You do not need to write an essay entitled “Why I quit Track” in order to get into college. Don’t worry about that. It is perfectly fine to cut back on a sport (or other activity) that interferes with things that are more interesting or important to you.</p>
<p>It’s been said but yeah, if I you don’t like it quit. Not to sound harsh but track is a pretty common sport and therefore not that influential on college apps anyways. You might want to try to find an EC you’re more passionate about because from what you’ve said your academics are great but your ECs are lacking.</p>
<p>Yes, I agree with the above. Make sure you use the new time you get back wisely, especially if you can take your role in your other ECs to a higher leadership level.</p>