Self-study
I've always been someone with interests on the strange side. I don't mean illegal, but I was definitely always the oddball. I turned some of that oddness into deep involvement in ECs during college, but now I wonder if it will be too weird for admissions? Thoughts?
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Hey @TRenato! I'm Jake and I'm one of the admissions consultants here at 7Sage! Just for a quick bona fides to let you know I'm not an internet rando - prior to 7Sage, I worked for 14 years in higher ed admissions including a stint as the Director of Admissions at Notre Dame Law. I'm happy to help you out with this question!
Actually though, I'm going to ask a follow up before really answering. So, what kind of interests are we talking about? Can you give me something concrete? Like "I'm totally into underwater basket weaving, but only if it's salt water. Freshwater underwater basket weaving is such a sellout." Because what you consider strange may be kinda mainstream. Example - I worked in a rare books library as a grad student. One time, we had a world famous violinist visiting the library ... and I had no idea who this dude was. Just not my thing and everyone was SHOCKED because this dude was a HUGE DEAL. Meanwhile, we once had someone leave their CD of Oasis's "What's the Story (Morning Glory)" in the coat room (so we can totally date my grad school experience - there were CDs). And I was like "That's a bummer for that person. That's an AWESOME album!" ... and everyone else looked at me funny because they didn't know who Oasis is. One man's "this is basic information, people - they were arguably the biggest rock band in the world for a year or two" is another person's "say what?"
Looking forward to hearing back from you!