If your senior has no idea what they want to study in college

[Anonymous]

What did they put on applications in terms of which schools/programs within the university to apply to?

[Anonymous]

Honest question: why go to college if the student doesn't know what to study?

[Anonymous]

^ ignore this ridiculous comment

[Anonymous]

OP, many schools allow you to apply undecided or "liberal studies" or something along those lines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, many schools allow you to apply undecided or "liberal studies" or something along those lines.

+1. Virginia Tech has this.

[Anonymous]

My senior is still not sure, we just pick one, in our case computer science, we heard it could be harder to move into CS later

[Anonymous]

OP, you will need to know more, learn more. Many colleges do not require that a student indicate a school/program when applying. Some Us will ask because they are interested but aren't making an admission decision based on it. For some, it will matter greatly.

For the Us that look but don't judge, they will notice if the student is on-track or not on-track to major in that interest. Certainly strength in certain classes is important as it shows the U that the student is being realistic.

Op, look up The Common Data Set on various Us and learn all you can.

[Anonymous]

Did all of you know?

I don't think I knew anyone who actually majored in what they thought they would. I mean I had friends with premed dreams who wound up in poli sci or history.

[Anonymous]

Gap year -- my son applied to a reach school and to our surprise he was accepted. While we always planned a gap year for him, he requested a 1 year deferral which the school granted. He submitted a "plan" -- some of which he was able to accomplish, some not -- he has to write a paper due in Jan. He is still not 100% sure what he wants to major in but is now listening to his "own voice" vs those of his friends, etc....He has matured. His interests are still the same but more focused. We didn't waste a year of tuition dollars with him trying to figure it out. He could also change his mind on going to that school, the most we would have lost was the deposit, as long as he applied elsewhere

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, many schools allow you to apply undecided or "liberal studies" or something along those lines.

+1. Virginia Tech has this.

[Anonymous]

Have your kid pick a major to write down that makes sense based on your kids grades and activities. And have kid go to a school where intended major doesn't matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have your kid pick a major to write down that makes sense based on your kids grades and activities. And have kid go to a school where intended major doesn't matter.

This is the correct answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have your kid pick a major to write down that makes sense based on your kids grades and activities. And have kid go to a school where intended major doesn't matter.

This is what my kid is going to do. In his case, it’s actually a good thing - he’s interested in several different areas but he needs to go to college and be exposed to some higher level classes to narrow it down.

[Anonymous]

My DS applied undecided business. That’s fine with me since I didn’t know what I wanted either at that age.

[Anonymous]

This is why you have gen ed requirements. As long as they don't want to be an engineer, they should be fine.