Major choice and strategic positioning

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I don’t know anyone who has done this IRL at our suburban public.

I do know kids who have more niche interests and majors but the interests are completely organic.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the most niche academic interest you've heard about this year?

I've seen Russian Lit & Language mentioned by my senior a few times regarding someone else in the class.

Also, Viking/Norse studies/Medieval Studies.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this why on the Instagram posts the private school kids have majors like English or anthropology or migration studies and all the public school students have math or science majors, computer science or engineering?

Yikes. But so true.

Yes. College counseling at privates is so much better, obviously, and starts early. And many of those kids also have private counselors, some starting in middle school.

No, our family is at a private HS that is well known nationally and our college counseling doesn't start until 11th grade. Our private school CCs are adamant that starting in 10th grade or earlier puts the emphasis on college entry and not HS itself and it burns kids out too early on the college application process. They say our kids should be engaged and focused on their HS courses and experience until mid-way through 11th grade. That's when they start 1:1 meetings.

This and never once did they recommend doing anything I find ethically wrong, such as making up an interest in an under subscribed major. This is the stuff internet and unscrupulous paid cc do.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the most niche academic interest you've heard about this year?

I've seen Russian Lit & Language mentioned by my senior a few times regarding someone else in the class.

Also, Viking/Norse studies/Medieval Studies.

So interesting. Russian literature used to be a very common major.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the most niche academic interest you've heard about this year?

I've seen Russian Lit & Language mentioned by my senior a few times regarding someone else in the class.

Also, Viking/Norse studies/Medieval Studies.

A few years ago my neighbor's kid went to the University of Oklahoma to study entomology with a specific professor.

Cornell has a fabulous entomology department: https://cals.cornell.edu/entomology
But the kids have very niche resumes and profiles.