<p>"I still have years of high school but I mean, do you think I should just run for an officer or continue like this? I'm doing 2 sports activity, and 10 other."</p>
<p>It's not the length of the list that the most selective colleges are looking for: It's the depth of the commitment and the extent of the impact of the activity on the student and of the student on the activity.</p>
<p>It's very hard for me to imagine that you could be deeply involved in 12 activities. It looks like you're compiling a laundry list in a vain effort to try to impress colleges. You'd be better off pursuing a few things that deeply interest you -- whatever those activities are -- and pursuing those things in depth and with creativity and real leadership or impact -- meaning that your presence made a difference in the activity, and the activity affected you. You weren't just using it for resume dressing.</p>