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[quote=Anonymous]female here. did not get recruited for scholarship for my sport. but showed an interest in being a walk-on.

Due to injuries to the team, the coach asked a few of us that were interested to become walk-ons. We would practice with the team, sit on bench at home games, and receive team gear. but no scholarship money was offered. they had none to give.

I was a top student-athlete from my high school and had lined up an office internship at my college already. I thought to myself, "why would i want to give up the internship for no money exchanged, just to run around and sweat and a second-hand/second thought member of a team? College was hard enough and although I was still getting decent grades, why put myself through the rigor?"

it was the best decision for me, as my parents could afford to send me to this great college. had I been recruited for scholarship pay, my thought process would perhaps be different. but i saw no glory in being a bench player, who wasn't legit in the first place.

at the end of the day, i had enough other extra curriculars on my resume where not taking up the offer did not matter. also, i was able to work on my gpa and move it to a B+. it would have been much lower had i pursued the offer.

imho, it's not worth it to continue with a sport in high school if you have nor made varsity by sophomore year. use the rest of your high school time homing in on activities that you can excel at or transfer to a team where you can make varsity and start in sophomore year.

imho, it's not worth it to walk on to a team in college if you did not get recruited for a scholarship. there are a myriad of other things that you can utilize your time on. plus, you will have more energy and more time to focus on academics. [/quote]

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