<p>I don't know what I'd like to be when I grow up, or even what I'd like to pursue passionately. If I look at certain activities or programs or whatever, it may be interesting, but not coersive. What do I look like I am interested in?</p>
<p>School -
Honors Chemistry - My teacher is terrible, but I do find learning and understanding the ideas very intersting, espeicially when there is a practical application.
English - Excellent teacher, I enjoy discussion/debate
AP European History - I like learning about history and the political debates we have, learning about different perspectives in history
Algebra II - I'm pretty good at it, understand everything immediately. This is odd, but some of the more difficult SAT-type questions are very interesting and fun for me to solve.
Spanish - interested in learning it, fine</p>
<p>I've always liked the idea of doing something that directly helps people. </p>
<p>Science Research - either nanotechnology or autism, found research experience a good source of learning but kind of lonely, interesting to learn about practical applications but can't wrap my head around theory stuff
Math Olympiads - not that good but is interesting
Newspaper- greatly enjoy researching/interviewing and writing articles
Literary Magazine - editor, like format, organizing different aspects, enjoy spending time working with this
Model UN - love learning about the different countries and having to debate from a different viewpoint.</p>
<p>Don’t worry, most people don’t know either. (I’m one of them). Just focus on doing things you like and developing skills that will help you in the long run instead of worrying about your career. </p>
<p>That’s what I’m doing because otherwise I’d go nuts trying to decide on a major :p</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s what I’m doing, but then people are like, “you must decide what type of college to look at”, “you need to have a focus to get into college, what are you most interested it?” IDK</p>
<p>The other thing is, I like history and english classes in school, because of content, good teachers, etc . … but am actually a little more science/math based.</p>
<p>This is just like me. I have no idea what I want to do.</p>
<p>My solution is to do everything, lol. Doing science (should start USABOing and USNCOing soon…), math team, started my school’s debate team, and I’m a pretty big econ/english buff. Not really possible for most people or for me in the long term though.</p>
<p>That’s partially what GERs are for in college. They give you the opportunity to explode many fields, or shed a different light on subjects you thought you liked but then actually don’t like at all.</p>
<p>This doesn’t sound weird at all, ncm2012. In fact, I’ve been to dozens and dozens of college info sessions with my kids and they always ask, “How many of you are certain of what you want to do for a living?” And then, “And how many of you have no idea?” Maybe 2 to 6 kids out of 20-30 raise their hands on the first question. And nearly all the rest raise their hands on the second. Then, the admissions rep invariably makes the point that the kids who THINK they know what they want to do WILL change their minds, and that at least 70% of kids applying to college today have no idea what it is they want to study.</p>
<p>My recommendation, based on your list of interests, is to choose as good a college as you can get into (sounds like you love learning, in general) that allows some debate and discussion (small enough class size to do so) and requires some sort of “core curriculum.” There are a lot of colleges that fit that description. The core curriculum will allow you to explore all sorts of avenues, and while you’re exploring, you can learn what it is you want to do with your life. Plus, lots of employers like that sort of broad-based education, where grads leave their schools knowing how to really read for content, can write effectively, understand our world’s political and economic environment, have a context of where we’ve been (history), etc. And from your description of yourself, I think you’d have fun spreading your wings and delving into new areas that you haven’t even thought of before.</p>
<p>Usually, only people on the fast track to a career (engineering, medicine, law, or business) have an idea of what they want to do with their lives, and even picking a specific concentration in those fields can be difficult. </p>
<p>If I were you, I’d look at the LACs, as they’d give you more options to try out. Should you ever decide to go into the aforementioned, just transfer after you receive your bachelors when you’re going for your Masters.</p>