Will football help?

Chun_King
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:09:43 +0000

I am a senior at a competitive high school in New Jersey. I have a 3.96 GPA (unweighted) and scored 2230 on my SAT.

My extracurriculars are the Math Club, Science Club and I am a cellist in the school band which has won numerous awards.

In order to look “different” I went out for the football team this year. Our team has a “no cut” policy. We have about 90 kids on the team and the coach doesn’t even know my name. I haven’t played in any games this season and the season is almost over.

I know football helps a lot of students get into Ivy League schools. Do you think this strategy will help me? I applied ED to Cornell. I’ll be honest, the only reason I went out for the team was so it would help me get into Cornell. I don’t even like football or the kids on the team.