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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How normal is it for a high school senior to know what they want to major in? I hear people say their kids are a computer science major or pre-med. Amy kid has no idea. Could be absolutely anything from English to history to computer science to physics. Or anything else their college offers. Literally anything. [/quote]

I think if a child was a STEM type, they'd know by senior year.  So I'd cross science off the list.

History and english sound useless.

I'd suggest a business major like finance or marketing.  Or could do communications.[/quote]

MIT PhD here. Glad you weren’t advising me when I was in high school. [/quote]

Got MIT PhD in English LOL, but you are right, bad advising.

Communications is even worse than English.
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I know you think you are funny. But those of us who have achieved highly in stem (especially in research) have dual undergrad degrees in a stem field and a classic liberal arts.  The Vice President of research at Stanford has a bachelors in English Lit and Physics.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-benefit-cost-analysis/article/private-and-social-benefits-of-double-majors/CD1696DBF93DEFE3C2D3A759D6F0895B

OP - your kid who may not know what s/he wants to do as a high school senior is bound for greatness[/quote]

Sorry that should have said a classic humanities not liberal arts. [/quote]

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