Would it be bad to drop my sport?

Applying to College
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<p>EC-wise, I think my list should look something like this:</p>

<p>-VP of school’s FCCLA <a href=“national%20leadership%20organization%20–%20hopefully%20P%20later%20this%20or%20next%20year”>2 years?</a> 11 - 12
-Leadership position in Interact club (volunteer club – active member for all four years) 9 -12
-Latin National Honors Society 10 - 12
-National Honors Society 11 - 12?
-College credit in H Chem class, college classes (10 - 12)
-P of Support Our Troops club - 2 years (helps out soldiers, etc. – essentially volunteer) (11 - 12)
-Organized 2 benefit concerts (9, 11, maybe 12?)
-Volunteer counselor at camp for homeless kids (2 years) 11, 12
-Physics Team, Bio Team (1 year each) 11, 12
-Big Brother/Big Sister program (volunteer – hopefully 2 years) 11, 12
-Member of Youth Council (volunteer - 2 years) 11, 12
-Secretary of Culinary Arts Club 2 years (maybe 3) 10, 11, maybe 12
-Student Ambassador (1 year or 2 if I am not a Peer Counselor next year) 11
-Peer Counselor (maybe – 1 year – guides freshmen) 12?
-Sharing the Arts 3 years (works with special education children & creates plays) 10 -12
-Jr. NHRA Dragracer (technically counts as a sport – 2 1/2 years by apply date) 11 - 12
-Golf Team (1 year) 10
<strong>About 300+ hours of volunteer by the time I apply to college (60 hours ninth, 60 sophomore, 200 between junior, summer, and early senior year)</strong>
(I may grab a job or internship this summer too, but)</p>

<p>I’ve received gold medals in the National Latin Exam (hopefully for all Four years), awarded a plaque by a the US coast guard, letters of thanks from the town Rotary.</p>

<p>But I’d really like to drop golf because I will not be receiving a varsity letter, and I doubt I will be a good enough player within this or the next season. It honestly just adds stress to my life by being on the team, especially if I haven’t improved from last year, even though I do really, really enjoy the sport. My team usually needs members, no matter how bad or good they are… Is this a bad move to stop playing? Should I try my best anyway? Are my ECs sufficient as they stand WITHOUT needing the extra years of golf team?!</p>

<p>I’d be applying to competitive state schools as an OOS applicant like University of Maryland (CP), Fordham, Northeastern, Boston U (maybe), Syracuse, Rutgers, Penn State, UMass Amherst, etc.</p>

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<p>You’ll be fine. I dropped my fourth year of soccer and was accepted at Canisius College, University of Michigan, and University of Chicago thus far.</p>

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<p>You think? I’m starting to get nervous with my class rigor (school doesn’t have many AP classes until senior year – in all Honors though) and the fact that I’ll be submitting only 2 AP exam scores, if I self-study and do well on them. :\ My GPA, SAT/ACT score, and grades should be up to par, though.</p>

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<p>if you’re not planning on getting into the school with your sport, they won’t care if you drop it.</p>

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<p>I dropped soccer my senior year and got into Smith College, Brandeis, OSU, Hofstra and others. You should be fine. Don’t continue with a sport if you don’t enjoy doing it.</p>

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<p>Oh wait, but I dropped my sport because of back pain. :/</p>