What to put down when dc really doesn’t have ideas for their major?
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Anonymous
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They have some interest in pre med, but that’s about it.
This is for college apps obviously. Dc will have to figure it out eventually |
Anonymous
| Are you the same as the 1590 poster? |
Anonymous
| Me? No. I wish my dc had a 1590!!! But no |
Anonymous
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major choice should flow from transcript (what electives taken); hobbies; ECs; awards and leadership.
What is kid interested in? As evidenced by above. |
Anonymous
| Depends on the school. Some accept directly to major and some consider everyone undecided. Talk to the counselor at the school or read the admissions websites. |
Anonymous
Dc is more of a math science kid but nothing really stands out as far as a major (other than something science related, and isn’t that a bad idea?). Dc’s focus is mostly athletics |
Anonymous
| Business or finance |
Anonymous
Look at majors on various school websites. Read through class descriptions. Read about projects. Could say undecided and focus on 2 or 3 majors in the essays, and be successful. |
Anonymous
| We put undecided. It worked out well. |
Anonymous
| Why not undecided? |
Anonymous
Is it always an option? |
Anonymous
If it's not an option, then that school is probably not a good fit for your student. But, even at a school like VT that admits by major, they have a totally undecided option (I think it's called University Studies) but also "undecided" options within each college, e.g. "Exploring Science" in the College of Science. |
Anonymous
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He needs to pick something and try it on. See how it feels. It's not a forever choice or binding, but he should have a top 3-5 options that he's thinking about and one that he'd pick today if someone made him choose.
Undecided is a lazy choice and shows a lack of self reflection. |
Anonymous
| My kid had no idea and put undecided (usually an option). Otherwise he put business or econ. His Ecs were mostly music but he didn't want to be a music major. Got into some pretty good schools and ended up majoring in math. |
Anonymous
| Put down a less-popular major if it is even a remote possibility. Every third kid puts down econ or CS or business or pre-med. |