Which EC's do I put on my college applications?!?

The following is a list of essentially all of my extracurriculars. I plan to major in Computer Science and my ACT is a 34, GPA is a 4.0 UW, not sure of the weighted. The kind of schools I’m looking at are UIUC for CS and others of similar caliber (rest assured, I have my safeties/matches). Any help would be appreciated in the narrowing down of which of the following to place on my college applications - It is true that you can only put 10 on your applications, correct?

  • Y-Club (Secretary): 70+ member club, email members with info about meetings, aid in organizing service events, this is the club whose members participate in Model UN/State-wide Youth Government Assembly, through this club we prepare for the assemblies
  • Club Soccer (Team captain 1 yr): ~11hrs a week, played for 4 years (in high school, 12 years total)
  • Investment Club (3 yrs, Vice President): co-led meetings, organized competitions, explained basics of investing to other club members
  • State University (do not want to disclose specific university) Programming Competition: 3rd place, tough competition
  • Ultimate Frisbee Club (co-founder, 2 yrs): 50+ member club, helped plan locations and times to hold games
  • Habitat for Humanity (3 yrs): 50+ hours, helped build a house, collect trash throughout the city, etc.
  • Service Club (4 yrs): helped organize and attended various service events over the years
  • NHS
  • Spanish NHS
  • National Merit Commended (most likely)
  • E-Sports Intramural (co-founder): 25+ participants
  • Varsity Soccer (1yr): Projected to be state champions, very highly ranked program nationally - I will not be a recruited athlete
  • Varsity Soccer team manager (1yr)

SIDE NOTE: I am currently learning to develop apps (using android). I already have most of the code finished. Once (if) the working app is on the android market, I will most likely include this as an EC

You could use varsity soccer team manager as a description for the EC Varsity Soccer, i.e. put “Varsity Soccer; team manager” just as you would write “Club Soccer; team captain.”

You could also combine NHS and Spanish NHS onto one EC line.

@Ranza123 Thanks!

Anyone else have any other suggestions/which ones should be included in the final 10?

I would cut service club, and isn’t there an awards section separate from ECs? You could move some things there.

You can consolidate your varsity soccer accomplishments, there are 3-4 awards that can go under the awards portion of the app.