College is a place where individuality is celebrated. They don’t want everyone to look and act the same. So don’t spend your high school years trying to conform to something you think colleges want you to be. If you love numbers, be a math geek. Be a huge math geek. Be the hugest, proudest, geekiest math geek you can possibly be. The same goes for athletes, artists, musicians, and kids who have unusual hobbies like stamp collecting or studying bugs. Just be yourself and be proud of who you are.
It’s good life advice, and I promise it will help you get into college, too.