She will be 17 in September, she is rising senior.
Her school does have Naviance. No sure if she took any sort of quiz.
“Offhand this seems like part of the problem. You want your daughter to study only practical fields (what are those? Engineering, nursing?). And it appears you want her to do it at Rutgers because that is the cheapest option. Nothing wrong with that second point but I do see an issue with the first.”
I am not forcing any specific college on her and she provided no input on which colleges she wants. Not a single one, even Rutgers. Her genetic answer to any question is “I don’t know”. What is “practical” to me? Anything that she can prove will allow her to get a job after graduation to justify college expense and supper her and her future family.
I don’t mind paying for an expensive college if it makes sense. For instance her twin sister has clear idea and demonstrated interest to study BME an we are prepared to pay potentially sicker price in Ivy league school if she gets there. However, paying a lo of money when does not know what she wants and she has no college preference makes no sense,
“You might want to take a deep breath, then try to read the above quote from her perspective. If you do, I think you will see why she won’t talk to you.
FYI, on the list of the college majors of the 400 richest people in the US, two of the top three are liberal arts (Economics and History). Maybe she is smarter than you think.”
Bill Gates is one of the richest person in the world and college dropout. Can we assume now that any college dropout is or will be as successful as he is? Yes, there are folks who majored in history have successful career. But if you check statistics you will see that majority of those who have history degree work in Starbucks with no way to pay tens of thousands of dollars they borrowed for their useless degree. I don’t want this fate for my child and I will certainly not going to pay for this.