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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD (senior) is planning to apply as a physics major. 
She took one physics class in high school and struggled and got a 3 on the AP test. She’s not taking physics now. 
She’s currently taking linear algebra and struggling. 
This doesn’t seem like a kid who should be a physics major. I don’t want to discourage her, but I also don’t want to waste money on tuition while she flounders. [/quote]

I slid out of physics and into economics. (Because I tried to major in it in the time before AP tests were common, and I had no idea how far behind in math I was compared with students who’d gone to better schools.)

One possible solution: Your daughter could go to a school that makes it easy to switch majors and take economics as an elective freshman year.
 
If she filters out of physics, she can major in economics.

Kids think economics will be about rich people laughing over their money, but academic economics is really physics, with humans in place of inanimate objects, for people who are good but not great at math.

It’s as theoretical and nerdy as physics, but outsiders assume it’s about practical business matters and assume someone who majored in economics will be a good worker.

If your daughter thinks she wants to be a physicist because of, for example, Star Trek: She might really want adventure and travel more than analytics. If so, maybe she could look into logistics. Logistics is about moving things people need around the world. It involves going into seaports and the underbellies of airports and all sorts of interesting places.

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