<p>Personally I never really had much stress over college; I wanted to maintain my degree of focus, since that would help me think about USAMO problems=). Isn’t this why many people have some sort of ADHD nowadays? I don’t know, but when you do things for college, you start to think less and less about what you’re actually doing, hence the quote “Don’t count your eggs before they hatch.” I wouldn’t know each person’s motivation for a passion, whether it would be for college or just pure interest. I don’t even care really. But what I do know, is that doing it for college will slow you down.</p>