My daughter is wondering which college degree to major in. She has taken all the different aptitude tests. They were no help. School guidance counselors were no help either.
She gets straight As in all subjects.
She is extremely talented in piano.
She is leaning towards becoming ananesthesiologist.
But is worried about how obamacare will affect the medical profession.
Please only give positive replies.
Thanks for he help.
Quoting: help 21775415 Assuming she's a soon-to-be or recent HS graduate? :-)
Have her pursue a degree track that will keep her in school, funded, for the next 8-12 years (Bachelors to Masters to Dual Masters/Doctoral). Before that, she'll most likely have a hard time securing comfortable employment in just about anything.
Besides, taking the potential effects of socializing medicine much further, the entire traditional power structure is in so much flux right now - both here and abroad - who the hell knows what the situation will be in 4 years, or 8, or 12! Better to stay in school than spin her tires in a broken world. Oh, and academics are usually protected from military drafts, should one occur ;-)
Doesn't matter if all of her funding is in the form of federal loans, the more the better! Continue to roll them together year over year, most schools will figure something out if she's a qualified and determined candidate. As much as they'll give you. Within the next 12 years, SOMEONE is going to figure out how not to cripple our students - it's got to happen, and it will. Let her be the beneficiary of the future, not crushed by the present.
Delay. Delay. Delay. Borrow. Borrow. Borrow. Learn. Learn. Learn.
Use the university system as a protected harbor from the mountain of CRAP that is currently, seemingly, everywhere.
Give the girl 12 years of education, research, and academia...if things aren't any better by then, well...you bought her as much time as you could :-)
As for degree program, stay general, float. See what happens as the next few years unfold. Stay agile. Be ready to jump on new opportunities. The world's a changin'...
And here's the million dollar tip (sssshhhhh) - if she's having trouble being accepted by the school of her choice, have her re-apply with a stated major of Jewish Studies. The 3 FREAKING PEOPLE that apply every year are basically rubber stamped with acceptance, from UoPhoenix to Uo-Harvard. Then, once she's in, she can change to whatever as the semesters progress and her track record as a student builds. Just like that you're in - poof, Houdini style ;-)
