<p>I went to Harvard with no idea about what I wanted to do. I figured they’d be good at everything and it was a family tradition. I took a wide variety of courses my freshman year. The freshman seminar I took led me to my major. At the time you had to declare at the beginning of soph. year. It’s later now. I never felt a big need for advising per se. The core requirement do mean you get exposed a variety of fields. I don’t think she should go to a pre-professional type school. My older son turned down Harvard for Carnegie Mellon which is very pre-professional. It’s perfect for him - but he’s been programming computers since second grade.</p>