<p>To be brief, I am not one of the people who say "I knew I was interested in molecular biology from that one time when I was 7 and..." nor even one of the people who know what they want to major in. I know I want to do something involving social science rather than engineering or hard sciences. But after that point, I don't know.</p>
<p>My question, I guess, is it okay to be undecided about your "passion?" I have many interests, many authentic interests, that are reflected in my application by the activities in which I absolutely love to participate. But there's no overlapping "passion" to describe these scattered "interests," or at least no one that fully gives credit to them.</p>
<p>For example, a person may have an interest in international relations and so is a member of Model U.N., and may have an interest in the law and so is a member of his Mock Trial team, and can lump these and a few others together and say "I have a clear passion for public service, government, etc..."</p>
<p>But I have an interest in the law, shown by courses that I have elected to take and my consistent participation in Mock Trial. Yet I have an interest in volunteering, specifically around youth. I've spent like a third of my life as a counselor or counselor-in-training at a summer camp, soon to become an assistant director. I'm a youth leader at my youth group, working with kids. I mentor incoming freshmen at my private school in an orientation program over the summer and throughout freshman year. I enjoy it and I can talk about it.</p>
<p>But what is my "passion?" Well...both. And they have nothing to do with each other, really. And I have others that I feel I can substantiate.</p>
<p>So, with much apology for rambling (it is 1:45 AM), is it okay to say "well I have a bunch of nonconnected interests that I deeply and authentically enjoy, but no real passion driving my life in one direction?" when applying to colleges, specifically prestigious ones?</p>