I was talking to my sophomore class yesterday. Some of them are very ambitious and hardworking. They recently took PSAT and scored well. I told these students to NOT choose a “dream college”; instead to think about all the things they are currently doing, then pick one or two that they love to do - would do it even if there is no incentive, no awards, no extra points, no medal, etc.
Find one or two thing that you are absolutely passionate about, pour your heart out doing it, and you will grow in the process into someone you will be proud of being. If you don’t have any passion yet, spend more time trying things out. You really don’t need to be the best of it before college application. It helps if you are, but it’s better to have a passion you are working on than to be the top of something you don’t really love doing.
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