<p>I'm in marching band (Scotch Plains Fanwood Raider Marching Band, Group 5 Open in USSBA) and I really enjoy it. I also plan on being in the band for the next 4 years. But does 4 years of marching band show dedication or something if you put it on your ECs list? </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Depends, my marching band is known to many colleges around my state.</p>
<p>Tell them the hours you spend working day and night to practice for it.
Also try and get a leadership position.</p>
<p>Yea, I want to try out for Drum Major when the current ones graduate and I'll probably get to be section leader in senoir year.</p>
<p>By the way, what state are you from?</p>
<p>North Carolina - Harding Rams - Band of Gold </p>
<p>Then go ahead and try out for Drum Major, that looks better than section leader.</p>
<p>Holy <em>#&</em> thats wierd... my dad went to Scotch Plains HS... and my grandmother lives like right around hte corner. THat is freaky</p>
<p>Hey, I am about 30 minutes from Scotch Plains (My dad works right in Westfield) and I am a marching band as well... Ridge High School... I'm the president of both the wind ensemble and the marching band at my school... I would say stick with it. Truthfully in 9th grade I wasn't really too excited about marching band but I grew to love it.
I would say that many colleges like to see marching band because marching band is based on military stuff and it shows that by staying in for four years that you can display qualities that people in the military have and thats good :)</p>
<p>Thanks for your responses!</p>
<p>If you all liked MB in high school, definitely think about doing it in college. It's an awesome way to meet people and gameday is worth all the work. I never did marching band before coming to Boston College and what a rush it was the first time I performed - it was in front of 50,000 people at our Penn State game that was nationally televised. Not quite a high school experience! But seriously my band friends are my new family at college, making the whole deal totally worthwhile.</p>
<p>Go Eagles!</p>
<p>I think marching band looks great on applications, especially with the amount of time committment it involves. I was in my marching band's color guard for 4 years (Piscataway, USSBA Group 6 Open) and my interviewer seemed really impressed when I told him all about it. Have fun!</p>