<p>Do colleges consider JV cross country the same level as other JV sports? I find it slightly unfair that cross country is a signup sport. At my school, all the asians who need a sport but don't play any sign up for cross country, while others have to work hard during the off-season to make their respective teams. Do colleges view them equally?</p>
<p>I assume so, but maybe the different culture will be noted by administrators at your school and find their way into your application., although I highly doubt that this will be the case.</p>
<p>However, a sport is a sport. Time commitment will be covered on the common app, and skill is not a factor in admissions unless you can perform at the collegiate level.</p>
<p>ALSO- Post Numero 700!!! Ole!!!
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<p>oh well…
it just seems slightly unfair to the rest of us who have played sports throughout our life :(</p>
<p>Wooooah, I have to disagree with you being unfair
I was in JV cross country (and I am Asian), but I was also in Varsity Lacrosse which I practiced off-season
At least in my school, cross-country is one of the most demanding sport even though there are no cuts. Especially if compared to other JV sports, no other JV sport except water-polo can be as demanding.</p>
<p>Where you live, XC is a sign-up sport.
Where my nieces and nephews live, football and softball are sign-up sports. </p>
<p>Is that fair? I’d say it’s all fair. A sport is a sport. Yes, even cheerleading. </p>
<p>Colleges don’t know that it’s easy to make your XC team. Or golf team. Or Robotics team. They might think your idea of a “real” sport is the walk-on option for kids who can’t make XC. (Yes! That really happens.)</p>
<p>Just do your best at your sport and quit resenting that other teams get equal treatment. Sheesh. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Have you heard the slogan of some XC teams? “My sport is your sport’s punishment.” It’s a wonderful sport. I am SO glad that all three of my kids have switched to running from other sports which I shall not name but were ridiculously political! One of my kids made varsity XC his very first season as a freshman, and my next probably won’t make varsity even as a senior. I’m equally proud of both of them. The younger one faithfully followed his training schedule this past summer, getting up to 25 miles per week! He will definitely have something to write about on his college application.</p>
<p>Lol yea right. In a lots of places cross country is more intense than football… And varsity cross country is one of the most physically demanding high school sports and requires both great endurance and speed to be good. Its just like track except only one event . All sports are probably viewed equal though, or at least ideally.</p>
<p>And the worse you are, the more playing time you get :)</p>
<p>^^^ Yes! For any given race, it takes me almost twice as long as my son to run the distance!</p>
<p>Yeah, on my team we have runners who broke 17 minutes (ahem) who ran JV (although I’m on varsity now). Breaking 17 at some schools would be the school record.</p>
<p>It’s harder than any other sports, I ran over 80 MPW for 6 straight weeks in the summer, and up until two weeks ran for 218 days straight (I got the flu :/)</p>
<p>Wow, PE, that’s a great streak! I made it 31 days this year and thought I was doing well! Are you over the flu now?</p>
<p>haha I feel you cyberchondriac. It sucks, but what are you gonna do? It’s hard for adcoms to know what are the intense sports and the non-intense sports at any school, unfortunately.</p>
<p>and to all of those who are saying XC requires more endurance than football etc. - try playing field hockey, soccer, or lacrosse where you could be running for 60 minutes straight, sprinting and jogging on and off. Not to mention the additional skillset. Although I do agree - in a school, XC could be much more intense than football but it could also be the other way around - you never know!</p>
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<p>Same at my school along with Tennis. No one takes either seriously.</p>
<p>At one NJ HS, cross-country meets both criteria–the top runners are among the best teams in the state (boys and girls) and work very hard. But both teams also have over 50 other runners who, yes, are just doing it for resume purposes and brag about it.
It is just part of the system. I like the idea of no cut sports, so kids can participate and get exercise.</p>
<p>^ that is exactly how our school is. I admire the top runners, but the rest…</p>