ISO good major for ADHD female who loves math and struggles with writing

[Anonymous]

DD is a freshman so not college-ready yet. She LOVES math. She is in pre-calculus as a 9th grader. She has EF issues due to her ADHD and also struggles with writing. What would be some majors for her to consider that would include her love of math but not require her to have to write a whole lot? (I understand freshman year of college she will have pre-reqs but hoping for a major with very little writing so Statistics is out). She can communicate well verbally but written expression is hard for her.

[Anonymous]

I’m a female engineer. Many of my colleagues get along fine with very poor writing, many don’t have a great grasp of written English and still manage to do well in their careers. To move higher in management you do need that though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a female engineer. Many of my colleagues get along fine with very poor writing, many don’t have a great grasp of written English and still manage to do well in their careers. To move higher in management you do need that though.

OP here - Thank you. Do engineering majors not have to do a lot of writing to get through college? I'm worried a writing intensive major will tank her GPA.

[Anonymous]

This describes me although I have no ADHD diagnosis. I also literally chose my college major due to my dislike for writing.

For awhile I majored in math, but then I changed to computer science. IMHO the ability to write well professionally is needed but is a pretty different skill set than writing history or english essays for college. Communication skills (being able to talk to people) are just as important if not more so.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s way less writing than most majors. Lots of math and science classes, then as you specialize lots of specific applied science and math - that’s what engineering is. So ya there is some writing but it’s way less than 1/4 of the work. Ask around though for more recent experience. I graduated in 1998.

[Anonymous]

Math, CS, engineering

But I just suggest she do a 5 year plan to graduate and heavily lean on the worrying center.

She will be taking classes with foreign nationals that also need the writing center.

[Anonymous]

*writing center not worrying

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:*writing center not worrying

Love the image of a worrying center. Where you can go to worry, and then leave it there...

[Anonymous]

Data science- the hyper focus makes setting up models fun and the writing is minimal with effective data visualizations. The creative side of ADHD can help with those.

[Anonymous]

My brother was a math major, now works on Wall Street. My father was also a math major, went into a successful corporate career.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:*writing center not worrying

Love the image of a worrying center. Where you can go to worry, and then leave it there...

Please start that I will pay for a yearly membership

[Anonymous]

Pre-med: brother has always had ADHD, pretty subpar writer, low EF, and he's a doctor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Data science- the hyper focus makes setting up models fun and the writing is minimal with effective data visualizations. The creative side of ADHD can help with those.

+1

[Anonymous]

Biostatistics? (a subfield of public health)

[Anonymous]

computer science