Does being in a "Crew" count as an extracurricular?

Applying to College
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<p>Seriously, don’t laugh. I have a group of people that I hang out with, and we actually do a lot of stuff. </p>

<li><p>MC’ing, Producing: we’re actually semi signed. Not to a major lable, but a local teen center sponsors groups in the area, and we get free studio time, etc. We dropped two CD’s so far.</p></li>
<li><p>Graffiti/art: I actually graffiti extensively. Not tagging per se, but we enter our tags into art shows and school exhibits, competitions, etc.</p></li>
<li><p>T-Shirt business: I do most of this. Its my label, but I make stuff for the crew too. I make a couple hundred off of this. I’m pretty serious about this too, its not some iron on t-shirt business.</p></li>
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<p>So, would this be worth mentioning on our app? </p>

<p>Maybe send in a tape with my app? haha</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Listing your "crew" as an extracurricular is definitely unconventional (and not necessarily in the positive sort of way that you want to be in terms of college applications). It's all a matter of presentation. You can present your activities in a better light by, for example, listing the first two separately as extracurriculars, and the last one as possibly a job if its something you somewhat regularly do.</p>

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<p>yea i would stress the activity part, not so much the crew part</p>

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<p>I might mention that the word "crew" is not clear. In college, crew is more likely to be taken to mean the rowing sport.</p>

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<p>haha yeah thats what i thought when i saw this post. i was like, duh! of course it is!</p>

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<p>Why do you need to mention it as a "crew" arn't they sorta...friends?</p>

<p>sounds more like a gang if you ask me, just mention the activities.</p>

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<p>It sounds kind of sketchy, like a posse or something. I would mention those separate activities rather than "a crew who graffitis."</p>

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<p>sounds cool, the cool urban hip youths unite and graffiti the town up...makes for one good movie...I mean application.</p>