<p>For a student who is:
-Solid Student (just under 4.0 GPA)
-Plenty of ec and volunteer hours
-Likes to be BUSY
-Is physically fit and enjoys being active
-Strongest courses are math and science, but loves history
...what would be some majors/careers to consider?
-Good leader, works well with others and loves managing lots of things and making decisions.</p>
<p>Her counselor recommended engineering or perhaps medical school working toward ER doctor. She went to engineering camp for a week at a great University and came away loving the school, but with no desire to enter any field of engineering. Medical school is a maybe, but more out of lack of other ideas. Only thing that she has been really excited about is being a tv broadcast producer (loves the idea of the fast pace, stress, decision making environment and changing things happening every day...especially with news.)</p>
<p>Help??? Any thoughts?</p>
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<p>As the mother of a bright girl, it seems as though people think smart girls should go into engineering or pre-med. However, if your daughter likes the idea of broadcasting, she should do that. She might look for a college where she would have the opportunity to get into a television station early in her college years. When I was a kid, I went to a university that owned a commercial TV station (it has since been sold), and I ran a camera for the six and ten o’clock newscasts while I was in college. The producers were not students, but students were welcome in the control room. A solid journalism background with news experience should let her know whether that is something she would like.</p>
<p>If she really doesn’t have a clue (aside from possibly broadcasting), then she should look to take a good variety of courses her first year of college that seem interesting to her, experiment with courses/fields she may never had considered, and chat with her professors about their fields. She might think she would like broadcasting up until she has a truly influential biology professor, or art professor, or…who knows. </p>
<p>I started college as a graphic design major (art had been my WHOLE life up to that point), and what do you know, I have a BA in psychology and I’m looking at doctorate programs in marketing/consumer behavior. The more she learns about herself in her college experience, the more she will be able to narrow down her choices. Many schools do not require students to declare majors immediately, and prefer them to take some general education requirements first. This is to open their minds to other possible interests. Different approaches to college courses (discussion-based v. lecture-based, more or fewer group projects, more or fewer tests and papers, etc.) from a few excellent professors can spark interests in students who found the same courses to be boring at the high school level.</p>
<p>However, based on your description, a medical field was my first thought as well. But she will learn quickly if she enjoys those courses at the college level, especially when she comes up against some of the “weeder” courses that divide the good-in-high-school from the great-in-college.</p>