<p>Kind of a self explanatory title, lol. Anyway, I have prob spread myself a bit too thin in terms of high school courseload and such, as evidenced by a comparatively rapid decline in grades. Everyone tells me that colleges are looking for excellence in a specific area, something that one is deeply passionate about. In that regard, I present something of an enigma. For exampe, I have a mediocre B+ in AP english for the semester (largely due to handwriting conflicts, though) and have been told for the past couple months that I am horrible at the subject. Imagine my surprise, then, at an 80 on the PSAT reading. Math is even worse, as I have yet to break the 700 mark on the SAT math section and have a B in aP calc, yet I received the equivalent of a 5 on our AP calc AB mock exam. DO I need to start focusing on a certain area in terms of grades and classes> Its just very difficult, considering I have NOOOOO idea about my career path and loike the sciences and th ehumanities equally...thanks for any advice!</p>
<p>You must have a passion for something outside of academics. Think about what that is. Colleges are impressed with evidence of passion in some unusual things. I once knew a high schooler whose passion was Civil War soldier figurines. He worked a number of part-time jobs over the eyars to earn enough money to fund his travels to various flea markets and expos so that he could find and buy certain items that he needed to complete his collections. That definitely impressed the colleges where he applied and he is now an Ivy grad. That's just one example of the kind of "excellence" that you may well have in your life.</p>
<p>Well, for me music is my one passion outside of academics........i am at a loss as to how to communicate that to a college, though, when it is not my desired career path</p>
<p>Need answers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>bummmmmmpppppppp</p>
<p>not again................</p>
<p>Well, I'm pretty much in the same predicament. I haven't found my passion in academics or otherwise, so you're better off since you know you like music. I generally do well or at least satisfactory in my courses/activities, and so I haven't had any life-changing incident to direct my career path. So far, I'm a bit lost, as probably you are, but that's just gonna be what I'm going to tell my colleges, that I'm undecided and open to options. How am I going to tell them about this lack of a single passion? Honestly.</p>
<p>i feel you bro. I’m flubbing up my ap english exams even though i have an A in the class, and im getting free “candy” ap weightings after school through my competitive debate classes. Therefore, my GPA is so high, but im an idiot so it doesnt matter. </p>
<p>but i’m black so its all good for me :D</p>
<p>My school has these math classes that they have on Saturdays. They give out A’s like candies and it’s AP weighting. You should try it.</p>
<p>OP, my passion is also music, but I have no intentions of making a career out of it. I wrote my main essay about what I love and why I love it, and that helped me get into some great schools. Just write what you feel (and don’t forget to spell check!).</p>