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Some students do get in declaring undecided but they face an uphill battle compared to those students who articulate a clear academic plan and pitch that in their application process. It is okay if your hypothesis of your college career is not fully formed, but you need to have a well-researched hypothesis that you can articulate easily and persuasively.

I see thousands of the world's most talented students every year and generally the smartest, most academically qualified high school students often have very advanced views of what they want to do in university and in their careers. A clear vision of the future is generally highly correlated with strong success. It is hard for most people to find burning motivation to push through grueling academics and an array of extracurriculars with absolutely no vision for what the future holds beyond getting into a university. It is okay to have too many interests (however, for your application, we want to tone that down and articulate only a central one or two), but having no interests at all is a bad strategy.