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I'm a research biologist. You don't understand that most people cannot, and will not, pick a field of study they are not interested in. If they're not interested, they won't do well in it. It would be a giant waste of time and resources.

It's amazingly cretinous to propose that 
one should just study this, or study that, then go into investment banking... as if we're all robots looking to maximize a paycheck. We're not. We have our predilections. We can't all study the same thing. This is the beauty of individualism. There are many ways to lead a successful life.

My husband is a doctor and my kid wants to major in international affairs. He has always been interested in history and military strategy. It's his thing. Who are we to tell him to do something else? Would he do well in a STEM career? No, he'd be miserable. We did tell him to add data science to his studies and make it a Bachelor of Science, because his degree will be more marketable. (He'll go to grad school or law school anyway.) But no hard science beyond that. That's just not who he is.

So don't be stupid, OP.[/quote]

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