My daughter and I have just started the whole college look and honestly she is NOT likely to go into engineering or serious sciences, definitely more humanities side. I appreciate the feedback about common core and the integrated math, good point that the new SAT and the old school math may not be as aligned. While lots may change in the next few years her personality is still very similar to what she was when she was younger. She loves working with children and enjoys working in my classroom with elementary age children. She loves working with her little brother who happens to have delayed speech, feeding issues and is on autism spectrum. She enjoys helping us set schedules/routines and providing support with all his therapy. Most likely for that reason she seems to think she would like to be a teacher, speech therapist (for speech or feeding) or behaviorist. From what I see she has very little chance to get into the colleges in the UC’s or preferred Cal States. She is a hard worker, but doesn’t excel like the rest of the competition. I recognize what tuition will cost and figure 4-5 years at a place out of state with lower cost of living vs, in state that may be 5-6 years and high cost of living may be worth it for us. We only have 2 kids and have been financially planning since I was pregnant. Not to say that things can’t change… She likes colder weather and would like to live out of state. We have realtives who live out of state and no one but us in California.
Thanks,
Jenn