College Admissions Essay: My Life As A College Athlete

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I have almost no time left for homework or anything else, with my busy schedule I am juggling basketball, baseball and football in a normal day. I tried out for the varsity basketball team in my sophomore year, but I was deemed too play at the varsity level, I was determined to let them know that they made a mistake not picking me, so I was placed in the junior varsity team and averaged 40 points per game. Over the summer I trained very hard and I grew 4 inches. When the school year came back around my hard work paid off and I made the varsity team, averaging around 23 points per game. As a senior I was selected for the Mcdonald's all-american team. Many prestigious colleges recruited me, including Duke, North Carolina, South Carolina, Syracuse
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