Will switching sports make me look uncommitted and hurt my admissions?Answered
I am a junior right now, and I am a three season student athlete. However, for senior year I am thinking of switching my fall sport from Water Polo to Golf. I really enjoy playing golf and feel like I will enjoy playing for our school team, but I have done water polo freshman and sophomore year (couldn't this year b/c of Covid). If I switch for senior year, will this negatively impact my college admissions? I have already switched out of swimming to track in freshman year.
I am looking at a lot of schools that really emphasize holistic admission. I have very competitive grades and test scores and have leadership positions in other clubs, but I'm scared I will look unmotivated and uncommitted if I switch sports too many times.
Freshman (9th)
Fall - Water Polo
Winter - Swimming
Spring - Outdoor Track
Sophomore (10th)
Fall - Water Polo
Winter - Indoor Track
Spring - Outdoor track
Junior (11th) (current)
Fall - Covid cancelled
Winter- Indoor Track
Spring - Outdoor Track
Senior (12th)
Fall - Want to play golf
Winter - Indoor Track
Spring - Outdoor Track
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I think that it won't hurt your admissions chances if you switch sports. Overall in the admissions process, unless you are extremely good and/or will be playing in college, sports won't matter that much. I think if you want to switch to golf, you should go for it unless you want to do water polo in college.
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