Winter / Spring Sports - Common App Activities List

[Anonymous]

My kid participates in a winter and spring sport in high school. Should she write three or four years participating in the sport when completing the Activities Section on Common App? She will have only completed three years by application time.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

will she play senior year? if so, yes mark 12 too.

[Anonymous]

From Common App: "If you are completing the activities section prior to your senior year, and you would like to list activities you intend to participate in for your 12th grade year, you will check the 12 grade box.
Example: You have not yet started your senior year but you know you will be participating in a club once school starts. You will list that club and check off the 12th grade box as that is the year you intend to participate."

https://appsupport.commonapp.org/applicantsupport/s/article/Under-what-grade-should-I-list-my-summer-job-activity

[Anonymous]

If you intend to continue as a senior, you make it 4 years.

[Anonymous]

Just getting started here. DD could not continue her sports due to injury. Is there a place to note why she did not continue? It's a little weird to have seven seasons of sports and then abruptly stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just getting started here. DD could not continue her sports due to injury. Is there a place to note why she did not continue? It's a little weird to have seven seasons of sports and then abruptly stop.

If it doesn’t fit anywhere else you could put a sentence in the Additional Info section. Literally a sentence. No need to go on and on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just getting started here. DD could not continue her sports due to injury. Is there a place to note why she did not continue? It's a little weird to have seven seasons of sports and then abruptly stop.

If it doesn’t fit anywhere else you could put a sentence in the Additional Info section. Literally a sentence. No need to go on and on.

Could also include in the activities section description. But not necessary.

[Anonymous]

Have been thinking about this. My kid does a spring sport and I'm wondering what will happen if he lists it on his common app for senior year, gets senioritis and decides in March not to do it. Does he then contact the school where he's been admitted(or waiting for admittance) and correct it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have been thinking about this. My kid does a spring sport and I'm wondering what will happen if he lists it on his common app for senior year, gets senioritis and decides in March not to do it. Does he then contact the school where he's been admitted(or waiting for admittance) and correct it?

It’s not that big a deal. Colleges know kids are indicating what they plan to do. You definitely need to update if your planned course schedule changes, but changing your mind about a sport isn’t that impactful.