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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Omg tons of kids don’t know what they want to major in or what they want to do for the rest of their lives when they are 19 or 20. Let her major in whatever she finds interesting and find internships she enjoys. Maybe a study abroad experience will inspire her as well. I would encourage her to find something she is passionate about and figure out how to make it her life’s work.

My parents wanted me to study business but in the end encouraged me to study what I liked. I was a liberal arts major and got a job related to my major, worked for three years, but decided that the work I had done in my earlier internships actually interested me more so I went back to grad school, then worked in the other field for ten years. Now I do something completely different than either of the first two things!

Just let her get a degree with a good gpa, some good experience through clubs and activities, internships, volunteering, whatever, and then figure it out. At some point it will click. [/quote]Yes exactly.  [b]What's important is figuring out what you want to do and then figuring out how you are going to do it.[/b]  Not getting just the right major.[/quote]

Yes, of course, but what happens if you don't figure out what you want to do?  That's the question, she's not going to drop out of college while figuring it out.  She needs to pick something. [/quote]

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