Yup. S2 was a Russian/Eastern European Studies major. Uses that degree every day, albeit not quite in the way he expected! That plus the full IB diploma makes him agile across a number of different subject matter areas, which has made him very employable where he’s living.
Will admit we were worried for a while as it took some time for him to launch, but becoming an expat was the best decision he’s ever made.
H went to an Ivy because it was cheaper than in-state SUNY.
Both my sons crossed some private schools off the list because they assessed that it was not worth the cost over our flagship. We were lucky to have an excellent flagship that loved kids from the HS programs they attended, so they had confidence that they’d have a really good option (and as it turned out, merit $) if the reaches didn’t pan out.