<p>I have more than 12 Extracurriculars I could place in the ECs slots, but my question is, would only putting the more important ones and leaving some blank show the admissions officers that I am more focussed. I would think that would be the case, but I might just go ahead and list all 12.</p>
<p>It’s good to keep your resume short and strong.
I would mainly put clubs that you were an officer in or clubs like National Honor Society, Key Club, etc.</p>
<p>Things to consider leaving off the list: clubs in which you were only a member (unless you were heavily involved in some non-titled way); clubs/activities that you were only involved in for a year (unless it was only offered for a year–for example, I participated in a creative writing mentorship that had a specific timeline); anything that strikes you as an outlier in the context of your other ECs; and anything that was not pursued to a high level of achievement, ie rec sports or instrument lessons that aren’t supplemented by awards.</p>
<p>ok that makes sense, now as far as ordering them, I know I need to order them in order of importance, but Admissions officers will still look at each EC equally right, in the sense that they won’t read the first 3 and then just skim the rest. I have a few ECs that I might rank a little lower but that were strong commitments that I had, like Football which I played for 2 years spending more than 16 hours per week on.</p>