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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've seen this movie enough times to have quite a clear prescription. You might not like it. Sharp kids who aren't intellectual should study engineering if they want that and business if they don't. Especially if they're jocks. Your DC probably would hate a SLAC; he'd probably love IU-Kelley. And he'd have good job options afterwards. [/quote]

A kid can be "sharp" and still have zero interest in or aptitude for engineering, any form of engineering. And engineering is NOT a field to go into unless you actually want to be doing it -- no matter what "good job options" there are.

OP was very clear that her kid has no idea yet what he wants to study. Prescribing an engineering major for a kid who is burned out even before starting college, a kid who may or may not have STEM aptitude, is a recipe for a phenomenally stressed freshman who will hate academics at college too, not "rebuild his love for learning."

OP needs ideas about college environments and overall fit, not about specific majors, not yet.

To the OP: Please re-read the post at 8:53 about a potential gap year. That parent is speaking from experience and notes how the gap year helped her kid focus on some subjects, as well as get a break. A gap year is more common now, I think, and even pre-pandemic I knew of smart, academic kids who took them; a friend's son spent the year doing a combination of down time, volunteering for political campaigns (he was interested in possibly studying law with an eye to working on the Hill), and structured experiences studying--like, four weeks doing a sound engineering course (another interest), etc. I would require my kid to do some structured experiences and volunteer over the year like my friend's son did, but if a gap year would help, it's worth considering. 
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I actually thought PP’s suggestion for Indiana University’s business school was excellent.

I also suggest Jesuit colleges that emphasis humanities but in a bro culture. [/quote]

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