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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thank you all for the responses. I was so worried that I would get slammed for this. He is a senior in high school. I guess he feels like everyone else knows their major so he feels like he should as well. I did tell him that the first year will pretty much the same for everyone no matter their major. He will be taking the non credit Math, Reading and Writing classes during the Summer, on campus, because his SAT was so low. He does not like that idea but I think it is great to help prepare him for college. To follow up with others, he is not artistic at all, he struggled with advanced Math and we bumped him down to regular and he obtained a B. He is a kid that honestly has no motivation or desire. His dad thinks that he is perfect for the military. He is the type of kid that if you tell him to do it, he will do it and not complain but does not take initiative on his own. Dad said that is the military for him but we have to support that he wants to go to college.[/quote]

Because he is taking these non-credit classes, how about having him work with an advisor for that program to get some ideas?

I don't want to sound demeaning in any way, but would he like working in a factory? He sounds like the kind of kid who will do great in a job. I would say maybe get a general business degree and then get a job that has him on his feet and/or working with his hands. With a degree, he would probably move up fast.

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