i am part of a band that performs regularly, but i get a “grade” for the class (everyone gets an A, lol) and it goes on my transcript.
how do colleges view this? would i be advised not to use it as an EC?
<p>My high school band graded (so was choir), and I definitely used both as ECs. Do you also practice outside school time?</p>
<p>two days a week, we are required to come early ("0 period") and practice with the other sections of the music dept.</p>
<p>close to performances/festivals/long trips, we practice a ton during lunch, after school</p>
<p>our section leader is basically the oldest, most experienced member (not me)</p>
<p>you can still list it down as an extracurricular activity. most very time consuming extracurricular activities may sometimes require classtime anyway. some examples from my high school that had a class but were still considered EC's included band, drama, choir, mock trial, acadec, yearbook, newspaper, and athletics. </p>
<p>i think it's because most of them require time outside of class. but you'll be fine putting band as an EC even though you receive a grade for it. i did that and i'm doing fine, as are all my friends who did that from the past few years.</p>