High School background affecting college performance

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@Tiansmom

I am paying for his education in full and did mention the importance of making sure his major is marketable after graduation - in case med school does not fall through.

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys-5.html#post15975553[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys-5.html#post15975553&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>However, those majors which do well in the career surveys tend to be math heavy (e.g. math, statistics, engineering, computer science). Biology tends to do poorly. Social studies majors tend to do a bit better in the career surveys than biology.</p>