<p>Hello, </p>
<p>So most everyone says to not do things to beef up your application but to fill it with things that are your passion. My one and only passion is learning so how do I express this to college admission besides including it in my essays?</p>
<p>What have you learned?</p>
<p>I can tell you right now, top tier schools REALLY don’t want students with no passions outside academics. They want to build a well-rounded community, not a cluster of stressed-out kids studying 24/7 in the library. </p>
<p>If you’re not applying to top-50 schools, it won’t matter as much.</p>
<p>what Thebeatlestoday said^^</p>
<p>But… with the theme anyway, get a job as a tutor at a kumon center or something like that, or even start your own tutoring business. Or perhaps getting a job at a local library…hmm things like that, just think creatively!</p>
<p>I’m starting to suspect Pi12345 may not be passionate about College Confidential.</p>
<p>Why do you say that?</p>
<p>^I think because you didn’t answer their question. Us passionate CC members are on here 24/7 ;).</p>
<p>Entomom gets me. (Occasionally, she has deleted my posts, but she usually gets me.)</p>
<p>Pi, what are you passionate about learning? You can learn to cook, or read hieroglyphics, or play football, or do calculus, or play the didgeridoo, or understand Shakespeare, or dance the tarantella. Any of these things would be interesting things to do, but it’s unlikely that the same student would be equally interested in all of them.</p>
<p>If what you’re saying is that your strength and interests are academic, then look for academic activities. Tutoring, math competitions, writing for a school literary publication, debate, quiz bowl type activities, take a class at a local college, help with academic research . . . there are lots of academic activities to choose from.</p>