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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our child wants to major in psychology or anthropology. She is a humanities or social sciences kid.
Is a practical major important?

She doesn't have any interest in business, econ., engineering, hard sciences.[/quote]

Psychology can be highly paid However, you need a masters degree at least and look the part. Good psychologists in Fairfax, VA for instance, generally charge between $100 and $250 an hours. A PhD is better.

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To make money in psychology you have to have advanced degrees and be willing to listen to people's problems all day. I have a friend who went back to school (from a great career) to become a therapist. She dealt with problems in her job, so thought it would be a good fit. But actually dealing with people's problems all day every day was not what she could deal with. She went back to her old career.

In terms of the other things your DD likes, is she willing to go to law school? Some sort of graduate school? Is she motivated in any way? Or are these her choices because she is laid back and doesn't really want to do hard work? These things matter if she is going to have to support herself.[/quote]

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