<p>Although I have extracurriculars like varsity sports, club positions, research, (and probably an internship or two), they arent really focused on one specific field that "shows my passion" (which I havent figured out yet). Does this restrain me from making it to ivy league colleges? </p>
<p>Nope. In my opinion, it’s fairly rare for a student to have a TRUE passion at this age. Many people will claim to have a passion, but I think that’s baloney. This is a time in your life in which you’re EXPLORING. You don’t yet know what makes you happiest. As long as the things you do are significant, you’re fine.</p>
<p>I think it does to a certain extent. Before I discuss this, the first thing we need to realize is that colleges are selfish and more than anything, they want money and reputation. </p>
<p>Now, I’ll begin.</p>
<p>The biggest misconception about colleges is that they want well rounded students. This is NOT true. Colleges want well rounded student BODIES. How do they do this? The get a bunch of kids who specialize in different areas. Why because if you have a kid who specializes in an area, they are more likely to become a professional. If they become a professional, they are more likely to gain notoriety in that specific area. If they become known or famous, they make money. When people make a lot of money, they tend to donate to their alma mater and create buildings and scholarships in their name. All of those things make colleges, specifically ivy leagues more famous and more wealthy. That’s all they really care about.</p>
<p>My advice to you is to just fake it. Find a subject that you are really good at and enjoy and then focus your activities around that subject. It will really increase your chances if they see a potential specialist and money maker in you.</p>
<p>Harsh truth lol.</p>
<p>I dont know if I want to go into business or medicine yet, but I have a lot of classes related to medicine, so i think ill just go with that for the application process. Hahah thanks </p>
<p>Under NO circumstances should one “fake it” when it comes to ECs. Do the EC activities that you enjoy. To be honest, that is the best thing for you to do.</p>
<p>Faking it is akin to dishonesty with yourself at least. </p>
<p>If you are really good at something AND enjoy it, there would be no “faking it” involved at all. </p>
<p>The question about impressive EC’s comes up regularly on the forum. There is a thread with several posts by Northstarmom, a Ivy alum interviewer, about what constitutes impressive ECs from the point of view of the most selective colleges. The post is at <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/210497-those-ecs-weak-so-what-s-good.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/210497-those-ecs-weak-so-what-s-good.html</a></p>
<p>As you will see from that link, at the most selective colleges they are looking for depth more than just participation. Stanford, for example, says
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