<p>My d spends all her time writing. Yet suddenly she thinks she wants to major in biochemistry.</p>
<p>I suspect she may have a little bit of attraction for the topic, but that mostly she is panicking about college, and is just grabbing at any major as a knee-jerk reaction. She did admit that she doesn't think she is a good enough writer to do it for a living.</p>
<p>Should I encourage her to major in writing, which she now admits she loves, or let her stick with biochemistry in hopes she could be a technical writer at the end of the road? Then she would have a writing job that would be more secure than fiction writing can be.</p>
<p>Rather than posting three different threads about the same question, please start one thread, and continue on that if the topics are related. Why don't you give her some time to decide? Was her thought to major in biochemistry all of a sudden, as in, "Hey dad, today I feel like majoring in biochem!" or is it based on a true interest for the topic? It's perfectly normal to have two different interests, and many college students don't declare their major until sometime in sophomore year. She'll probably take a few chemistry and biology classes in college (or is she in college already?), along with some creative writing classes, if they're offered. Eventually she'll decide which one she wants to pursue more. It sounds like you're kind of rushing it a bit, because when I read this I thought that your daughter hasn't started college yet and she has a lot of time to decide. Anyways, college students often change their minds about what they want to major in, and who can blame them? She should major in what she's more passionate about.</p>
<p>Whatever her interest may be, you cannot be deathly certain.Therefore you should choose a university that is flexible in her interest tat will allow her the flexibility of changing majors or perhaps double majoring over time. There are plenty of universities that offer biochemistry and creative writing as a major. There are many excellent schools you may apply to that would quench her thirst for whatever major she may think of next.</p>