<p>I will chime in that intellectual passion is also a stand out for adcoms. with 1600 students, they are looking for people who will light up the professors’ classrooms…you don’t have to be wonderful or passionate about 25 things. But do not hide your academic interest light under a bushel. My son wrote about his plans to use Vandy academically. He actually did about 50% of what his essays sort of foretold. No one is going to take your first born if for instance you do not become a physician but you want to try premed.</p>