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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm sorry but I think you are approaching this terribly.

First of all, as a PP mentioned, does your son even have an interest/ability in any of those disciplines? The bigger waste of your money would be for him to fail out of courses and take longer in college if he's struggling to get a degree. I would have never majored in the fields you mentioned because I never excelled or had any interest in math and science.

How you market yourself, the connections that you make, and how hard you work are key factors in obtaining jobs. Hard sciences = /= automatic 60k starting offers and liberal arts = / = living in a cardboard box by the side of the road. It's much more nuanced.

I am sad for your son and how he is seemingly being pigeon-holed. College is the first chance he'll really have to assert his independence and decision-making skills. Please don't ruin this opportunity for him to thrive.

FYI, my spouse and I both studied geography-type majors at big state schools and we are doing very well, in our late 20s, in specialized government fields.[/quote]

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