Where did this kid say she wanted to be an engineer! She didn’t. Someone upstream posted that IF she wanted to be an engineer, it could not be at UNC CH, but that NC State and Auburn had Engineering.
In reading this thread…it sounded like this poster really hadn’t chosen a major, but sort of led her parents to believe she wanted to be a PA.
Maybe one talking point would be that she has not really chosen a major …yet…like many college students. Perhaps the parents will understand her perspective better if she comes clean bout her major.