College search for undecided students

nysmile
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:58:15 +0000

Don’t stress over it. First have him decide his preference for location–in state, out of state, distance from home, cold, warm, etc. He has plenty of time to decide on a major so let him apply as an Undecided Major. We were in the same situation. S1 knew exactly what he wanted to study while S2 didn’t have a clue. S2 applied to colleges (public and private) as Undecided and was accepted to every college. After visiting his top three choices and listening to the various information sessions, he decided on his first choice. We went back for a second visit on accepted student’s day and he attended a more thorough information session (included info on majors, internships, job prospects,etc.). It sparked an interest in a major. He came home from the 2nd visit, did a bit more research on the school website about this particular major and decided that this was something that he would like to try. He emailed the admissions office and they changed his major from Undecided to a specific major. Many kids change their majors once or twice and it’s fine. Don’t stress him about it. How many of us knew what we wanted to do for the rest of our lives at 16 or 17? lol