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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As long as they're not hoping to engage in research while in college, should be fine.[/quote]

What does this mean? Why not research?[/quote]

My god, wake up and see what is happening. I have a kid in college right now. All science research internships this summer have been canceled. ALL. Ongoing research projects have halted. This is at a private college. The same is true at our state schools. Graduate programs are announcing drastic cuts to the number of students they will accept for stem programs next year.  [/quote]

Np- I completely agree. My college kid at a private has a lot of friends whose research grants just got pulled for the summer.[/quote]

Exactly, and then the competition for all the remaining jobs and internships has gotten more intense.  Then you have students (like mine) who are in fields like Environmental Studies or Public Health or International Relations who wanted to go into public service jobs but who are now pivoting to switch majors or do a double major in something like Stats so they can broaden their employment prospects in the private sector.  With fewer kids going to PhD programs, they'll all be flooding into the job market at the same time.

We also need to talk about student loans.  They are trying to get rid of all the income contingent type repayment programs, and programs that forgive student loans for public service.  Which means students will not be going into fields like teaching, or they will decide they can't afford to take on debt for law school or med school or dental or vet school.  It all has a ripple effect.

The other thing I think we'll see is a drop in foreign students applying to U.S. schools.  They are a huge source of revenue for many many colleges.  For some U.S. students, this might seem like a good thing (less competition for seats) but ultimately it will mean less aid for U.S. students.  [/quote]

PP- I posted a few weeks ago that my hs senior had planned to study landscape architecture or sustainable design - those majors may be very affected right now and so I'm not sure how to guide them with current acceptances to those programs and both private and public. 
This is a moving target and a train wreck. [/quote]

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