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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s a kid in my neighbourhood who had a middling hs GPA, really nice guy and good with people. He went to Community college and got his training as Electrician. Now at age 24 he makes almost as much money as I do and has work booked out for months and months. He has written his own ticket and it’s just doing so great. Someone may have mentioned this earlier in this thread but I would definitely take a look at the trades. There’s so much work there and the pay is great, can offer both job stability and independence.[/quote]

+1 Definitely look closer at trades or 2-year career options at community colleges. https://www.nvcc.edu/academics/programs/index.html?DegreeTypes=Career&page=4#

For the 4-yr majors, I agree with the Geography suggestion - GIS or urban planning are potential career paths from that which might interest him.
Here's an example of the courses at GMU https://catalog.gmu.edu/colleges-schools/science/geography-geoinformation-science/geography-ba/#requirementstext

Some of the recommended business majors that don't seem to need much math (e.g. marketing) could be challenging if he's really anti math because business majors all need to take calculus and statistics. The calculus thing is kind of stupid IMO (as a former business major). It's just a gatekeeper to the major and I never used it again after that. But statistics is important. [/quote]

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