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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my opinion, if he is smart enough to go to a T10 college, then he is smart enough to figure this out on his own. I would back off and let him.[/quote]

I completely disagree with this. I was a smart kid who was accepted to every college I applied to and attended a T10 school, but I was FGLI and my parents really knew nothing about the college experience. It literally never occurred to me to think about how much money I would make after college - my job while I was there was to succeed in my major and get great grades. Even now, I see the kids from our high school and in my older child's college. Sure, the ones who come from families in finance or big law often go that route and have a huge step up. But just as many kids from wealthy families follow their passions- they are majoring in theater or film, they know they do not have to earn a living any time soon if ever. Even the kids who are English majors but want t make money will know to take Econ and maybe end up with a concentration or double major, or make sure the join the consulting club. If kids do not go in understanding that most of their peers will already be thinking about how to position themselves during those four years to get high paying jobs when they graduate, then it is easy to get lulled into just joining clubs, majoring in whatever, and not focusing on how much a social worker or teacher makes - when you are 18, those salaries sounds like a good amount of money. My kids can major in whatever they want, but they will go into college knowing those are active decisions - the lifestyle of a novelist or actor or teacher will be VERY different than that of their peers who go into IB, PE, engineering or big law.  Which is fine - I want novelists and actors and teachers in this world, but at least prepare them for knowing how it will play out in realistic terms.[/quote]

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