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[quote=Anonymous]Please do not force your daughter to go to college and study something she's not interested in, no matter how brilliant she might be.

My own father heavily pressured me to study engineering at a top school, and I tried, for him.  I got accepted, and made it through the first semester before I dropped out with terrible grades, health problems, major depression, and resentment towards him for "making" me choose that path.

I got my plans back together to choose something that I actually wanted to do, and chose a career that he has expressed disappointment in (he's mentioned that I can always go to grad school if I decide I want to get back on a better track).

Our relationship has been really strained since that time, and that was 10+ years ago.  Trust your daughter to be level headed, help her get all the information she needs to make an educated decision (how to get health insurance, pay rent, car insurance, budget, etc), and then let her know that the money for college will sit there untouched if she decides to go to college (or xx years from now if you want to put a limit on it).

It's 100% okay for her to have to struggle a little bit and make a different choice than you would have.  If she's a good kid, she'll find a way to make it work, with or without the degree you wish she'd had at 18-22.[/quote]

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