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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How normal is it for a high school senior to know what they want to major in? I hear people say their kids are a computer science major or pre-med. Amy kid has no idea. Could be absolutely anything from English to history to computer science to physics. Or anything else their college offers. Literally anything. [/quote]

very normal.  I say this without snark but, did you go to college?  Most colleges don't require someone to declare until Sophomore year or so.[/quote]

OP here. I did go to college and then law school. I didn't know my major either until junior year. That was 30 years ago though, so I wondered if things have changed. So many of my kid's friends say they are pre-med or classics or whatever major. My kid's stats are highest in STEM, so I think it's on the table but he also loves history and literature. I just wondered whether kids know their majors a lot earlier than we knew in my college years.[/quote]

Same here, op. My kid is at a stem magnet but loves theatre,  music and history.  Looking at those + math, interdepartmental studies. So, a lot of research on schools that let nonmajors into music and theatre groups, but have great majors there plus strong academics elsewhere.  Looking mostly at LACs and a few Ivies. It's hard with the larger universities because they separate into schools and it can be difficult or impossible to study across schools.  We are also looking at schools that emphasize flexible curriculum and interdisciplinary. Good luck![/quote]

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