<p>Everyone says that colleges love for you to focus on your ONE passion, but I basically have many passions... Or maybe I just haven't found my passion?</p>
<p>Government-ish:
- Student Council
- JSA
- Trying to start an International Club</p>
<p>Business:
- FBLA</p>
<p>Science:
- Medical Club
- Science League
- Environmental Club</p>
<p>Volunteering:
- Volunteer Club
- Founder/Un-charge of art program for elementary school kids </p>
<p>I am a very active member in all of these extracurriculars and I have some leadership positions.
(these are not all of my extracurriculars. I also do sports, etc.)</p>
<p>What do you think about this? Does it come off like I'm trying too hard by joining a bunch of clubs? I really enjoy all of these clubs.</p>
<p>Well, it looks like you are very active which is a good factor when it comes to colleges. Also, you do have the option of going into your first year of college as “Undecided.” This gives you a chance to go out a bit and discover what you really want to do with your life. If you like numbers and money, maybe you want to go into accounting or math. If you’re into drugs (prescription kind), science, how about pharmacy? If you’re like me and like to be creative and love to act or sing, go into the theatre or music. It’s all about you finding what you’re good at which you still have a lot of time to do. Put your priorities in order, and maybe once you have a minute, ask yourself: “Do I really like doing this?” Just be patient with yourself. It takes time. :)</p>
<p>I like math and government type stuff a lot, so I was thinking about going to school for Business and International Relations (Huntsman Program at Penn) and then going to law school. That way, I will have business, international relations, and law (all of which I love).</p>
<p>I think it’s silly to expect a 17-year-old kid to know their what they want to do with their life right away. Passion is about doing things you love, not being strictly devoted to one thing only.</p>
<p>I think it is absolutely ridiculous to expect a teenager to have a passion! </p>
<p>There is no way you should decide now on a passion that will look good on your CV. </p>
<p>Just explore, enjoy life, try as much as you want, excel in the things you enjoy and you will be alright.
You can be passionate about anything at anytime. </p>
<p>If there is one thing that eradicates all passion, it is the pressure to have a passion. </p>
<p>Don’t submit to it. </p>
<p>I am sure that you are really talented and a great person, and you will discover more interests than you will ever have time for in your life. :)</p>
<p>“I think it is absolutely ridiculous to expect a teenager to have a passion!”</p>
<p>Gah, I know! I feel pretentious even saying I love a subject. I’m sixteen years old. I don’t know anything about what any subject is like at the college level.</p>
<p>In definition of ‘passion’ it doesn’t mean things you ‘like’ to do, or are involved in. But that one thing that changed you, your way of thinking, the one thing that makes you feel all shaken up inside. Everybody has that. And yes in some people they have a couple or some that fall second. For instance for me it has ALWAYS been animals. I have always loved animals and when I was in middle school became far more involved in the issues regarding animal rights. Now I am a huge animal rights activist, vegan, animal rescuer, cross poster. That is my passion. I love animals with everything in my heart and soul. I have things that fall second. Homelessness, Child Hood hunger, poverty, LGBT rights but nothing comes close to even touching my true passion.</p>
<p>That’s what a passion is. You gotta find that one thing in life you would die for and live for it.</p>
<p>But honestly you don’t have to have a ‘passion’ to go to college and succeed. Lots of people major in something totally separate. You love government and major in Biology.</p>
<p>But nobody can tell you when that is going to be. Some people are
Born singing. They love it, always sing, and become singers.
But I guess people who really have a clear passion at 16 (although naturally respectable!) are in the dwindling minority.</p>
<p>The more options we have as teenagers and the less we have to worry, the more things we can find that we enjoy and love. Sometimes you have a passion, and sometimes your passion is that you can enjoy everything, or are very enthusiastic, or are incredibly curious (if that makes sense ;)) </p>
<p>I personally love so many things. I could spend my life with ever single one. I love psychology, women’s right, drstigmatizing the stigmatized, politics, religion, books, singing, ballet, traveling. I do all of it. And I am glad I do, because every day I have the option to choose among many, many for me enjoyable activities which enriches my life and makes me feel worthy and valuable as a human being on this earth. </p>
<p>As long as you are
Happy, you can do whatever you want (within reasonable limits of course.)</p>