Parental pressure horror stories

marite
Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:10:02 +0000

This is why I said that in most cases I know, the student only discovers once s/he is in college that the major s/he had decided on as a high school senior is not the one that s/he should be pursuing. Most students are ignorant of the wide variety of possible majors in college; they often select a major in the field they were strong in while in high school, but they may have reached the limits of their abilities in that field, or do not have the passion to pursue it further. So the problems tend to develop after the student is already in college. And as both Wisteria and parabella have pointed out, trying to get aid of any kind as a transfer student is much harder than when one is appying as an incoming freshman.