<p>is it true that being a cheerleader wont look like much when you apply to college?</p>
<p>my sister wants to be in cheer next year but she doesnt want to be in it if it wont look like a "real" extra-curricular activity.</p>
<p>besides she needs to fulfill her theater/perf. arts and the class "cheer" will not satisfy that requirement.</p>
<p>what advice can i give to my sister?</p>
<p>Who cares about what colleges think about whether it is a real EC or not. Just let her do what she loves. Life is too short to wonder what that underpaid, stressed-out admissions guy is going to think in his cramped out conference room.</p>
<p>Cheer is fine....</p>
<p>Gryffon5147 is right. If people only did things in order to impress other people, there wouldn't be much of a world right now. She should probably go and try it for a while since there wouldn't be many such opportunities in the future.</p>
<p>I <3 cheerleaders :D</p>
<p>she should cheer, and do something else to fulfill the theatre requirement. i'm horribly biased as a theatre kid, of course, but i've seen so many kids try out for a play just to see what it's like, and then absolutely fall in love with theatre/doing shows/whatever.</p>
<p>cheer! Definitely. Actually, at my school, it's a humongous thing to get on the cheer squad, and it takes so much time and commitment that of course it would be an okay EC.</p>
<p>This is so sad... </p>
<p>Somebody will give up something they want to do just because it won't look great to colleges?</p>
<p>Wow, just wow. </p>
<p>If she wants to do it, she should do it.</p>