<p>I can't imagine that it would be a negative. </p>
<p>I'm a cheerleader at MIT, and so obviously I know a lot of people who were accepted to MIT with cheerleading as their major EC</p>
<p>Oh, really? that's awesome...so was it your main EC or did you concentrate more on others?</p>
<p>Actually, I wasn't a cheerleader in high school... sorry.</p>
<p>But I know several of my friends on the squad didn't do anything EC-wise in high school other than cheerleading, so that had to have been the EC they focused on.</p>
<p>woah. . .you're like the first Chinese cheerleader I have ever heard of (maybe I misread the link). . .yeah, anyways, I would definitely not drop cheerleading, because it shows dedication, leadership, blah, blah (all of the useless stuff that I can't believe colleges look at, since you can pretty much bs these traits), and I don't think whether or not an activity is a sport really matters at the HYPS level. . .</p>
<p>lol yeah thats me...just breaking the stereotype on every level...lol jk but i guess that there aren't that many asian cheerleaders. i'm sure that the <em>typical</em> asian parent would rather see their kid do something else more "worthwhile" (my parents think i'm totally wasting my time). Well, thanks to everyone for your input!</p>