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I don't know why you have such views. I only know that when I talk about my love for Lord of the Rings in the states, I find a lot of friends with similar preference. In the orientation when I introduced myself as an incorrigible LOTR fan, I heard cheers and applauds all over.
Well maybe American teenagers who love only Twilight or Justin Bieber will consider you a freak, yet that's not what colleges care about. UC Berkeley itself has three classes about LOTR.
Anyway, isn't it good to be special in a group? I mean, people will remember you as "LOTR fan", not "an ordinary person the same as everyone else". "I'm proud of being a LOTR fan, no matter what you think." This is what "cool" means.