Thanks. He will have no debt and thanks to a generous relative he can also go to grad school. He is quite frugal and does not want to live urban.
I think he is genuinely interested in programming and likes to be creative with it but interested for the money mainly. Definitely interested in bio (not med), natural science but not yet sure what he would do with that career-wise. He is extremely strong in ELA, sciences and less so in math, but can handle himself in advanced math into some degree. Gets the concepts just fine, sometimes makes careless mistakes.
I don’t see a comp major being a good fit. He needs to give that some thought and research. My h and I can see him going into teaching. He is very kind and would make a great teacher, but also somewhat ambitious and wants to make money. If he goes into programming I hope he can be creative with it, as that is a strength of his.
It’s too bad the big publics are so impacted. It seems premature to be picking a career.