<p>Basically for my chicago application, I had indicated personally that I want to study philosophy and physics. Yet, my guidance counselor has stated in her rec that I am looking into going into political science. My spanish teacher who wrote one of my recs, said that I was planning on being a journalist and majoring in spanish.(On common app future plans section I indicated"writer/journalist") Then I also indicated "Political Science and philosophy on this section for my majors, but wrote about my interest in physics and philosophy at chicago in my why essay. My other teacher who wrote my other rec said I was going into phyiscs and philosophy. Is this bad that I am all over the place? I keep changing my mind....</p>
<p>There’s this convention that 18-year-olds are supposed to pretend they know what they want to do with their lives (not to mention the next four years), when everyone knows that most of them aren’t sure what they want to do for the next four months, let alone years or decades. What’s more, one of the points of a liberal arts education such as that offered at Chicago is to introduce them to new ideas and ways of thinking, and to encourage them to change their minds about some things. So, really, I don’t think anyone will mark you down seriously for having different interests and no one clear preference. That’s just honesty and openness to new experience, and those are good things. Some colleges clearly want to see some sense of direction (even if the direction is likely to change in the future), but I don’t think that’s a huge value at Chicago.</p>
<p>You’re not going to get any extra credit points for focus, however.</p>
<p>I don’t see any problem. Good Luck!</p>