Do the top colleges care if you quit a significant activity in favor of a better one?

Applying to College
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<p>For the past two years (I'm a junior now) I've been doing a competition called HOSA. I haven't been doing bad but not great either. I won 1st in city (Houston) and went on to state but won nothing there. This happened for 9th and 10th grade. Now I'm considering dropping it for an activity I like better, research. I'll be competing in a few research competitions and I'm confident I can win one. Research looks way better than HOSA.</p>

<p>My only question is will top colleges look revoltingly at the fact that I stopped competing in HOSA? Will they think I'm a quitter?</p>

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<p>no</p>

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<p>Not at all</p>

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<p>no, not at all</p>

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<p>No, but make sure you do your research well, lots of depth, lots of awards :slight_smile: otherwise, it would’ve been better for you to stick with HOSA, colleges do value 4-year (and in general long-term) ECs</p>

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<p>^that’s what I was thinking. I won’t take the risk so I’ll just do both I guess. Extra work but anything for my dream college I guess.</p>