The author argues for the myriad benefits of extracurricular involvement to students' psychosocial development and calls upon administrators and professors to encourage students to participate in carefully selected activities with earnest commitment of their time and efforts. The author contends that colleges demonstrate that they encourage prospective students to take their involvement in activities seriously when college admissions emphasize the level of student involvement in each activity over merely the number of extracurricular activities in their profiles of first-year students.