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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm getting a little worried about his chosen major.  Don't tell us if you don't want to but if it is only offered 20 places in the country and it is not on the tuition exchange, this raises red flags.

For an example, I knew someone who got an undergraduate degree in Turf Management, she played D1 Golf.  Boy, could she read a green.  With this degree, her options were really limited.  She couldn't work in true farming agriculture.  Golf courses didn't really need a degree because their turf management jobs involved about half of your time sitting on a lawn mower.  She tried to get a job at companies that grow sod but the smaller companies didn't need the degree and there are only so many larger companies growing sod.  She ended up getting a Phd in Chemistry but her dissertation dealt with the chemistry of growing turf.  This got a few interviews with some of the larger companies but eventually she ended up as a research professor stretching her, ok salary, to cover the holes between grants.

The point of the story is that most fields are better approached from a less specific degree that is offered all over.  It is much better to get an undergraduate degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering with internships doing turf management than a full degree in Turf Management.  The broader degree allows the graduate to pivot away from their narrow ideas of how the world works that they have in HS.[/quote]

This poster is very wise OP. My niece did the same thing with another specialized major; she was fortunately able to marry and SAHM. Otherwise, it was back to square one. Encourage your kid to pick a related, more commonly offered major so they can go to a college that is a better fit. Win win.[/quote]

Wait, she ended up a research professor (tenured?) in her field? Sure she doesn't earn as much as I do, but shit, she got to do her thing, and she gets to do it every day.

Also, so if you major in turf, but take enough classes in other areas to be a general well-rounded sciencey person, that has to be better than a BA in communications.... [/quote]

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