ParkCore
5-Year Member
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- Apr 16, 2014
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Hello all,
I hope everyone is having a good day. I have a question that has been bothering me quite a bit lately. Currently, I'm an incoming junior. I didn't play any sports sophomore year because I wanted to focus on school and flying. I made a 3.8 GPA in all of the most advanced classes my school offers. I have my solo license for flying and have been flying for 4 years now, and I also do maintenance on the aircraft at the local flight school. I'm working on my A&P license.
My question to you is this: Will not having a varsity letter this year and not playing a sport last year hurt me?
While I said I focused on school and flying, there's more to the story. I maintained a constant bodybuilding workout and stayed in the best of shape I could. I currently wake up at 5 a.m. and workout at the local boxing gym.
Here's my predicament: I'm considering dropping the sport that I have a varsity letter in. I received a varsity letter in wrestling freshman year. The reason for my leaving is that I have the opportunity to train in Muay Thai, Knife Fighting, Budo Taijutsu, Combatives, and several other types of fighting. This isn't a team and it isn't through my school, therefore I will not receive a letter nor will I have the opportunity to be a captain as there is no such team.
What are your thoughts? I'm not trying to checkbox and do only for the Academy. I know someone will say that. I don't want to hurt my chances because I don't have a letter or a leadership position in sports though. Could anyone give some guidance? I'm sure someone else is in a similar situation too.
Thank you all in advance!
I hope everyone is having a good day. I have a question that has been bothering me quite a bit lately. Currently, I'm an incoming junior. I didn't play any sports sophomore year because I wanted to focus on school and flying. I made a 3.8 GPA in all of the most advanced classes my school offers. I have my solo license for flying and have been flying for 4 years now, and I also do maintenance on the aircraft at the local flight school. I'm working on my A&P license.
My question to you is this: Will not having a varsity letter this year and not playing a sport last year hurt me?
While I said I focused on school and flying, there's more to the story. I maintained a constant bodybuilding workout and stayed in the best of shape I could. I currently wake up at 5 a.m. and workout at the local boxing gym.
Here's my predicament: I'm considering dropping the sport that I have a varsity letter in. I received a varsity letter in wrestling freshman year. The reason for my leaving is that I have the opportunity to train in Muay Thai, Knife Fighting, Budo Taijutsu, Combatives, and several other types of fighting. This isn't a team and it isn't through my school, therefore I will not receive a letter nor will I have the opportunity to be a captain as there is no such team.
What are your thoughts? I'm not trying to checkbox and do only for the Academy. I know someone will say that. I don't want to hurt my chances because I don't have a letter or a leadership position in sports though. Could anyone give some guidance? I'm sure someone else is in a similar situation too.
Thank you all in advance!