Boxing, should I mention it?

tbry23m
Tue, 05 Jul 2005 19:05:50 +0000

Like all of us, the Common app (at least the one online) doesn’t have enough room for all our ECs. I do 3 Varsity sports, but for one of them I only made Varsity my junior year, so I don’t think its worth listing in that precious space. I do Box (outside of school) and I’ve done decent. Should I put this on there, or would an admissions officer likely imagine someone who enjoys boxing as violent, unsympathetic, dumb, agressive and harmful. I mean Mike Tyson hasn’t exactly improved the image someone conjures up when thinking of the sterotypical boxer. So should I just go with the banal high schooler who finally cracks a varsity team thier junior year, or should I stick with the boxing, or forget both alltogether?

Thanks