Right now, I am the class president, have a relatively high gpa, but my extracurriculurs are what i need help on.
When I started high school, I did things that I thought would make me look good for college but also that I enjoyed at the start.
I have wrestled since 7th grade and really enjoyed it in middle school. In high-school i placed 2nd at districts my freshmen year and 1st my sophomore and won the league title 2 times.Once I got to regionals I got technical falled or pinned in the first 2 rounds. No one from my school has made it passed regionals since the past 30 years, and I basically have next to no chance of making it to states.
Last year, I cut about 20lbs of weight and was running on the treadmill almost every night. I ran every sunday for over 6 miles just to keep my weight in check, and if I want to win any titles this year I have to do the same thing. However, I just do not want to do it. I could force myself,and keep my grades up while doing it, but my life would be miserable
My coach, who promised to get me into Princeton, got fired, so the next wrestling coach we have could be mediocre at best. Should I take this opportunity to shine and lead the wrestling team, even though I hate it? Also, I do not plan to wrestle in college. I plan to get an education in college.
My freshmen and sophomore year I was also in jazz band but due to the time commitment of wrestling I was never able to pursue jazz and I ended up hating it. I already did not try out to get in jazz this year, but I think I made a mistake because without wrestling I have nothing. Should I beg the teacher to let me back in to jazz?
For my other extracurriculars, if I drop wrestling then for sure I will join debate. I have always wanted to do it but couldn’t because of the wrestling conflict. In the spring I also plan to throw for track and I plan to lift if that counts lol.
If there are any wrestlers out there, you know how much it sucks to cut weight. I want to eat with my family at christmas, I want to have a thanksgiving. I want to drink water and not wake up in the middle of the night from dehydration and undereating, but not be able to eat because I have a match the next day.