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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parental pressure -I was steered towards engineering so that I could “always earn enough to take care of myself.”

I did not do this to my kids. Studying something extremely hard, that you don’t love, is a grind. I did it, but wouldn’t ask my kids to do it.[/quote]

This 100%.  We helped our kids figure out what they like and how that might translate to "jobs after undergrad".  One kid loved chemistry and math, but not a fan of Labs.  So they realized (with direction) that a chem/biochem degree would not be there thing.  They don't want medical school, they don't want to work as a grunt in a lab (and that's what many Chem majors do, you need MS/PHD to manage your own lab and not be a grunt and to actually get paid decently---chem majors in lab work make $35-40K, not a lot for a BS degree relatively speaking).  So our kid decided on Chem Engineering, as they love to problem solve and love math.  Turns out it was the right path....they would have switched out of a chemistry degree by sophomore year.  Instead they love the ChemE courses, and know that they have a bright future with only a BS.  In fact it's better to work a few years before decided to get an MS, so you can focus on what you really want to focus on
But for that kid, they were always headed to something STEM---it's just them.  They can do Humanities and writing, but it's not something they like.  They were the kid 2-3 grades ahead in math in 1st grade, all without any tutoring or extra focus or pushing from us.  It's their forte, so only natural that they take a STEM path

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