Science - related goals?

Ditto # 10. Let the kid be a kid. She will evolve/mature in her interests- even in college. This will happen without paying attention or having her spend extra time with it.

I strongly declared I was only going to take the minimum two years of required science (integrated- all subjects combined each year) in HS as a freshman. I was a chemistry major in college who then chose medicine. Son- gifted and in many areas- took both math and physics sequences in college plus additional courses. Eventually chose math, honors so did grad courses (unlike my lab research for chemistry honors) but added computer science courses to finish off that major as well instead of math grad school- now in computer software. Fellow chemistry major went for computer science with her masters.

It will be interesting for you to see how your D’s life unfolds. It takes patience to wait and see. Be sure to let her explore many interests through her HS classes and activities. No need to stick with any all four years if she discovers they are not her thing.

In college I took a wide variety of electives, as did my friends in my major. So did my son. All people are multifaceted. My H had an Indian medical education- no opportunities to take the wide variety but straight sciences/medical subjects from post HS onwards.