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AthleticsTo be honest, I would have had a more difficult time making it out of college without athletics. Before I go on and explain exactly what I mean, I'd like to say that participating in an Ivy League sport is purely done on a voluntary basis. The member schools (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale) agreed a long time ago not to give out athletic scholarships. All admissions are need blind. Although some athletes are recruited for a sport, they're by no means under obligation to participate in that sport once they've matriculated. Therefore, most athletes choosing to compete in a sport are doing so out of pure love for that sport. At Princeton, track and field was an integral part of my life. It allowed me to meet and bond with guys (and girls) that, under other circumstances, I probably wouldn't have had the chance to meet. I've made life-long friends through track. All the road trips we took as a team were well worth the committment. Our travels to different cities and states gave me the opportunity to see the different sides of America. One example of that came during my sophomore year at an outdoor league meet at Columbia University. The team witnessed a dead body floating in a nearby river, a site I never thought I'd see at a track meet. But then again, we WERE in New York City. I guess I could go on an on about track and what it has meant to me, but you still have a few more pages to check out. Therefore, I think I'll end my commentary here. |
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