one year JV volleyball: good or bad?

sylvan8798
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:21:54 +0000

They are looking for patterns. One item can’t be a pattern. If you have other things that you were committed to for longer periods of time, then good. If you have tons of stuff that you just tried for one semester or one year and quit, then bad. IOW it’s ok to have a few things that you just wanted to try and then decided they weren’t for you - in fact it shows you are willing to give something a try.

No one expects that you marched into hs on day one, joined everything you were interested in, and then never added or subtracted anything else. Colleges would like to see that you have been able to develop an interest and commitment to something, NOT that you have never tried and quit something.

Think about it. If you had to be in full rigor mortis by 9th grade, you could hardly be going in to college with Undecided as your major (and it’s the most popular choice). They fully expect that many of their college students will try and discard various majors - why would they be horrified that you tried and discarded a sport in Grade 9?