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[quote=Anonymous]My DS wanted to be an Aerospace Engineer since he was 12.

He is on the spectrum but very high functioning, but it still affected him in high school. He did *OK* like Bs, in math and science. Not even honors or AP, just regular, CP math and science. He did better in history and foreign language than science. But insisted on applying for Aerospace Engineering.

And he's doing . . . fine. He's a sophomore studying aerospace engineering at a grade deflationary college, working hard, and his GPA is around 3.1 (and he gets no supports, either). Still mostly getting Bs but he does not seem to want to major in anything else. He has had friends that switched out of engineering because they found it too hard/not for them and I thought he might change his mind too but so far . . . no.

College courses are different than high school, for better or worse. Like DS was required to take chemistry in college, he'd gotten a B in HS chemistry and not particularly enjoyed it. But in college he found his chemistry class super interesting and considered taking more chemistry as elective classes.

So I would let your daughter try a major in physics if she wants. Physics is usually housed in a broad-subject college like Arts and Sciences, she probably does not have to declare major officially until end of sophomore year, she can easily change her mind after she takes a couple of college-level physics courses, if she realizes it's not for her.[/quote]

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