<p>On paper it can seem like athletics drain an unreasonable amount of your time, but when you look at the amount of free time you actually have in a day, two hours of athletics is doable. And as Piper said above, I found myself in a better mindset for work after a good practice.</p>
<p>Also, the athletic program definitely has an ‘academics first’ mindset, at least from what I’ve seen. Whenever I have a particularly daunting night of work ahead of me, my coach doesn’t hesitate to excuse me from practice.</p>