College "That pay off the Least" while "Costs going up"

ucbalumnus
Thu, 01 Aug 2019 01:49:13 +0000

Creekland:

Folks really should be encouraging their kids to do things they like and are good at.
Help kids find their niche rather than trying to fit a kid into a niche.

Agree generally, but care needs to be taken to look at whether the desired career will allow the kid to become self-supporting. Some careers, like sports and arts, tend to be elite-or-bust, so someone who is good but not elite may have difficulty making a career out of them. Many of those whose passion is in sports or arts do something else for a career, with sports or arts as an “extracurricular”. Medicine (as a physician) is another career direction where only the elite (as opposed to the merely good) can pass through the entrance gates of medical school admission, so anyone desiring such a career needs to figure out backup plans in case s/he is not elite enough.