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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]30 years ago there was much less expectation and pressure to know what you wanted to do going in. People decided on majors later, internships after sophomore year were rare, everything was just pushed back a bit. There were always some kids who knew anyway but the expectation wasn’t there.[/quote]

I agree with this, and my college kid is the rare bird who doesn’t seem to know what he wants to study or do. Spouse and I encouraged this open, uncommitted mindset before DS started college (spouse and I both were the same in college, and are also WAS grads who we made our ways into fulfilling careers), but it has stressed me out to see how focused DS’s peers are and now I regret telling him to explore so much because it feels like it will be that much harder for him to find internships and jobs when compared to his uberfocused peers.

I am now trying to get my high schoolers to think about this more! Although I also don’t get how so many kids enter college so certain they want to study neuroscience or quant economics or whatever since most of them aren’t exposed to these subjects in high school. [/quote]

+1 not only that but look at how much the workplace has changed in the last 30 years with the internet, paperless offices, email, Zoom, and now AI. My kid is a rising college sophomore and I was also taken aback at how laser-focused their peers are on a preprofessional track. I’m encouraging my kid to take a variety of courses while keeping a few post-graduate options in mind. Hopefully they’ll figure out a good balance. [/quote]

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