In our case, kid is interested in possibly playing a sport at a very small NAIA school, and kid is interested in studying to be a middle school science/math teacher. That’s fine! I actually love the fact that the 2 schools that kid has looked at require more classes in science/math and fewer ‘philosophy of teaching’ classes than the bigger Us, so I have no complaints about choosing those schools for that major. But, kid is good at STEM stuff (hence the interest in teaching those subjects). They could possibly major in a some science subjects at the tiny schools, but they are not STEM focused and kid’s opportunities (research, variety of courses offered) would be much more limited. Not all science majors are possible (yes to biology, no to physics) and there is no engineering pathway. When I say it’s not possible to change majors I don’t mean that there is literally no other major available, but that there is nothing that aligns with kid’s interests. If they wanted to switch to psychology or social work it would be possible, and maybe they would go that direction, but there isn’t much in the STEM fields.
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