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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lesson: apply undecided arts & sciences [/quote]

1000+, stay away from CS, engineering & business majors[/quote]

Really hate this kind of bad advice.  Essentially asking kids to lie about their passion.  What happens to integrity.

These brilliant kids, if not in at ivies, still end up in very top school like Georgia tech, Harvey Mudd, CMU.[/quote]

You know darn well that for 75% of these kids business, CS, & engineering aren’t their passion but just a gateway into what they think will make them 6 figures. That’s what all this hullabaloo is about. Getting into a top school with the right major for the best ROI, good connections and networking, and opportunities so that your DC has a 6 figure job waiting for them at graduation. Please don’t start with this passion stuff. We all know why there’s an influx of these majors. [/quote]

Will disagree. You can't get through an engineering degree if you don't have a passion for it. It's no one's la-di-dah fallback major. No student half-asses a degree in engineering. The students who try are out after freshman year. The people graduating with engineering degrees do tend to have a passion for designing and building things.

As for business, that attracts a lot of practical people who feel a profound need to be able to support a family. That's not a terrible thing at all. Maybe they love sociology or fine arts more, but they have both feet on the ground and will save those interests for hobbies or secondary career options. We all wish there were better economic options in 2025 for passion majors. But reality is reality, and some realize that earlier than others.

[b]For CS, the days of the easy coding and a comfortable life are completely done. No one is choosing to major in CS today because they expect an easy glide through life. CS majors currently have the worst unemployment numbers of all majors. A student majoring in Computer Science today is as hardcore and passionate as an Art History major. They are not doing it for the career prospects[/b]. [/quote]

Truth.[/quote]

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