Everyone Should Be Well-Rounded

When I was applying to top-20 colleges and getting rejected by all of them, people on the Tok and YouTube kept saying undergraduate admissions only wanted specialists. If you were not exceptional at one specific thing, they said you would be sent to the rejection pile.

Whether colleges truly do that or not, two points matter.

First, most people applying are 17 or 18 years old; you are not expected to be a master yet.

Second, we only get 70 to 80 years if we are lucky. If you never explore fields outside your main focus, you miss too much of life.

I am not saying you should avoid mastery. I am saying you should stay open to other passions. That is what hobbies are for.

Personally, I enjoy engineering and the arts. I hear people say all the time that they cannot draw to save their lives. You absolutely can. People underestimate how far practice and passion can take them.

As a kid, I drew what my brother called "poop figures." Today I still draw poop figures but with a touch of character, and that's all you really need to create art: a touch of character and consistent practice. Apply that mentality to everything, and you'll be a person of many talents.