<p>Just for reference: I am 17 (18 in June), got accepted into St. Lawrence University (D1 skiing - might be able to ski for them), University of Denver (not able to ski for them) and am currently waitlisted at University of San Diego (no ski team). I graduated with 25 of my classmates from a small private independent school with a 3.93 (rank 4/26) unweighted GPA. I have an 1830 on the SAT and a 26i on the ACT(I am a lousy test taker). </p>
<p>I am 100% certain that I will have to take a post-graduate year in order to pursue athletics in college.</p>
<p>I am hesitant to do this for a few reasons: let’s say the athletics don’t work out next year, I don’t want to be stuck at a school where I am haunted by what could have been me. I could just go to St. Lawrence for a semester and then transfer to a school better suited to my desires academically and drop the sport I have been doing my entire life.</p>
<p>If I do take a PG year I’ll have the opportunity to reapply all over again as an incoming freshman hoping to get in to schools that rejected me the year before, as well as find schools that I like based purely on academics, not considering the athletics.</p>
<p>I’m freaking out, with under 10 days left to decide…</p>