I can't decide if I should use all 10 of my EC slots on the common application. Like many people, 10 slots is not nearly enough to capture all of my extracurricular activities, but I don't want to seem like I'm "trying too hard". Several of the slots were very obvious such as my main varsity sports, my musical talent, and my role in the student government, but others I'm not sure if I should include. Right now I have 8 solid ECs and many other average ones that I could use to fill the final two spots but I don't know if I should. I've been to many college tours and the admissions deans always say something about how they don't like the applicant who goes overboard and tries to show off too much. Are any of my below activities worth including in my application? Any advice would be great!
These are some of the extracurriculars that I was considering including:
-YMCA basketball for 4 straight years in the winter
-one year of indoor track (10 hours/week) in the winter
-3 years of working as a youth soccer referee (8th, 9th, 10th grades)
-regular volunteering for habitat for humanity for the past 6 months (which I admittedly really only started doing for college applications which admissions deans will know)
-scholastic bowl (academic team) for 1 year
-habitat for humanity club for 2 years (only meet twice a month)
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