Today: How Sports Extracurriculars Can Positively Affect Your Ability to Get Into a Good College

Many colleges and universities give sports scholarships — for obscure sports.

* Do your homework and find out what the college you’re interested in needs in terms of athletes.

* Women’s golf, for instance, is a big competitive sport at some colleges, and the number of women competing for these scholarships is way, way, way fewer than men’s basketball or football athletes.

* Find your sport — or find theirs!