Daughter wants to give up?

annikasorrensen
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:36:14 +0000

Tell her to pick something that she already knows she is somewhat good at - not because her final career will be in that, but because finishing her degree now is the goal. Tell her that almost no one picks (and keeps) their career by the age of 22!

She can then, after undergraduate graduation, intern at a few places, take community college courses in stuff she is interested in, apply to grad school, etc. But for now - it is not about “finding her dream career” it is about finishing a BA/BS degree in ANYTHING.

I would also encourage her NOT to go back to square one and poke at random majors. No to creative writing especially. Go back to biology, or some other major she has at least tried out a bit.

The other option is for you to pay for her 5th year – and give her this next year carte blanche to try several different majors out. But realize that it is just as likely that she will not know or get bored or scared of all her new major-tries as well. So…

Personally, I’d have my daughter buck up, choose her “boring” or “scary” major and forge forward.