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I've heard mixed opinions on this but...to what extent does playing a "hard" (as in excruciatingly demanding, along the lines of basketball or football) division 1 sport handicap your GPA? People have told me there are people who "use that time practicing and playing doing something just as significant an EC"...but I don't think those folks have ever played a sport because unlike most other activities these take up more than just time...
Anyway, I may be thinking too hard about this as a rising freshman but I was trying to see if it would be worth it playing a D1 sport while doing year-round research and one or two academic clubs...would a higher MCAT (38+) offset a slight dip, or is this really a situation where they expect you to "go hard or go home" in every sense of the phrase (I have a feeling I already know the answer to that one...)?
Anyway, I may be thinking too hard about this as a rising freshman but I was trying to see if it would be worth it playing a D1 sport while doing year-round research and one or two academic clubs...would a higher MCAT (38+) offset a slight dip, or is this really a situation where they expect you to "go hard or go home" in every sense of the phrase (I have a feeling I already know the answer to that one...)?