The most important thing to college is the skillset you ‘earn’ through the various classes, experiences, and opportunities - what are called nowadays “high impact” experiences such as having a mentor or an intellectual relationship with a professor, studying abroad, having an internship, doing research, being involved in hands-on activities from professional clubs to volunteering to large projects (often under the broad umbrella of “leadership”), plus classes where you discuss ideas with peers and a professor, and lots of writing (with several drafts per paper), plus taking the time to think and read and grow from that. That last part isn’t necessarily found at every college but the combination of all these factors has a profund impact on students.
From these experiences, the student has to be mature and self aware enough that they can figure out what they’re good at, what they’re not good at , what they enjoy, what they’ve learned to do well - that’s where the career center will help right from the first year on. A good career center is essential, more so than the major. Unless you train for a specific career (teacher, nurse, engineer), the skillset acquired through the various elements described in Paragraph1 will create the student’s profile. The major may or may not be a signifier, but what matters is what you do with wha you learn. The career center is en essential part of a student’s life even during freshman year.
In the Fall of sophomore year your child should look for a summer internship based on his/her evaluation of ‘good at/enjoy’.