<p>I wouldn’t worry about making friends in high school - you can make friends just as easily in your classes as you can in activities. I never did in school activities (well, for my first two years of high school, then I transferred to boarding school) and still had plenty of friends to hang out with during the school day/when I had time after school. </p>
<p>I didn’t do in school EC’s because of riding as well…not much time when you have your own horse and need to ride every day. Most days I’d be picked up from school with my neighbors who ride at the same barn and we’d be there until 6…while I suppose I could have tried out for a sports team at school, I would have been totally overwhelmed with riding + school sports + getting good grades.</p>
<p>I really don’t think that riding is some terrible EC to have that the admissions officers will look down on…if you spin it the right way in an essay, it shows a lot of dedication, passion, and hard work that people otherwise wouldn’t understand. EC’s are about following your passions…and if riding/dance are her passions, so be it. It’s kind of impossibly for me to justify breaking away from these activities just because “it won’t look good on a college application.”</p>