DD is 15, right now she wants to be veterinary. Not sure that is spelled correctly, animal doctor.
I have visions in my head of her coming home crying.
I have visions in my head of her coming home crying.
So a double major in Art History and LGBT Studies is not a an express train to a multiple job offers and a six figure salary?
What I thought was most interesting about the video was what colleges do for your self-image/confidence.
So the question isn't necessary does your college choice matter, because it probably does. But the question is whether it's better not to find the best college that you can get into, but the best college in which you can get into and also thrive. UNC-Chapel Hill is a great school, but maybe not so great if you're going to be below average there and maybe not cut it. Maybe it's just as well to go to UNC-Pembroke and leave highly decorated and highly recommended.
If we ask our daughters how good of a softball player they are, do they provide a realistic answer, one that has a good sense of the bigger picture of all those who play softball in your state? Or is it based on how they stack up on their own team? And what is the impact of that narrow/naive view?
It ain't the arrow, it's the Indian. Winners do not make excuses and are successful regardless of where they went to school or what adversity they may face.
So a double major in Art History and LGBT Studies is not a an express train to a multiple job offers and a six figure salary?
There is also the fact that this isn't everyone's goal. I'm a child of the 80s so I wanted the high paying corporate job. Ya know, like in the movies when it's all exciting. Yeah, it's not exciting. At least not for me. I was miserable. Someone majoring in these types of fields may have priorities other than a huge income. Maybe they don't mind living modestly if it means doing something they really care about. I won't say I regret the path I took, but I wouldn't do it again. That's why there's no right answer here, IMO. College, technical schools, apprenticeships...there are a lot of paths to gainful employment, and even a modest salary can be adequate if a person is wise with their income and spending.
For a number of professional fields, the school where you receive your undergrad doesn't really matter all that terribly much. But, you need to do something to distinguish yourself there. For fields like law (my husband's field), medicine, or others (Ph.D. in psychology like me), it's where you get your grad degree that matters. And better to get a degree near where you live in many cases for networking purposes. So, don't blow the bank on going to Harvard undergrad. Go to a solid state school and excel. Then, get scholarship/fellowship money to a great grad school.