Passion is there, but not showing....

<p>I really enjoy politics, maths and economics tremendously, like its a real passion for me which is why I think MIT, Harvard and Princeton would be great unis for me as they are apparently the best math-economics alongside Cambridge which I'm also going to apply to.</p>

<p>But with economics and politics the way I release these passions are by reading as many articles in the Economist, the finance sections of newspapers, reading CNN etc etc. Now obviously I can't put these on my applications yet I plan to write my essay on how much I adore economics and politics to persuade them that I am passionate about going to these schools. </p>

<p>But I'm wondering if adcoms will scratch their head and say 'Where did this loving economics/politics come from?' I'm going to Andover as a rising sophomore so I'll join the Young Democrats and the Economics clubs but is that enough because I feel its a huge passion for me and I don't think being members in two clubs justifies it. </p>

<p>Basically I'm saying can/should I write my essay on how much I love economics and politics through watching CNN, reading books etc even though I've achieved nothing in these areas on my own? Because if I don't put it in some place in my application, then its not reflecting me as its a huge passion of mine. </p>

<p>Sorry for the mess of this post, its just the one major bump in my application thoughts</p>

<p>Obviously if anyone has any suggestions for how I could show my love for poltics and economics it would be great (i know competitions and stuff I can do for math)!</p>

<p>I wouldn't recommend writing your essay on how you enjoy reading the Economist. So does everyone else; it's a good read. What sort of activities have you done that demonstrate passion for economics by itself? For math? You want to present a coherent application. If your main interests are math and economics, then that's what you want to highlight in your app, not your side interest in politics. If you overemphasize politics in relation to economics, Princeton adcoms might think you're interested in the Woodrow Wilson School. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, but math-econ applicants are a little more unique.</p>