Worried About DD Lacking Direction

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she can’t afford to work in an art museum or something after graduation because we can’t afford to support her after graduation.

All of the young adults I mentioned- including the one working in a museum are fully self-supporting, and have been since graduation.

f DD does get an internship in another area (which she has to because of our geographic isolation), the internship must be high paying enough to support her rent. We can’t afford to pay her rent in another city.

Good internships will provide stipends and often will include housing.

Management consulting interviews are hard and it’s possible she’ll be rejected everywhere. In that case, she needs a back up plan and she currently has… none.

Absolutely true. It’s also possible that she won’t be rejected everywhere- she is clearly smart and capable enough to be attending a tippy-top university. Either way, she has 2.5 years to develop her plan.

Majors like engineering, nursing, communications, business, etc. all need to be declared in high school.

Not true. They can be. And for both engineering and nursing it is the fastest way. But for communications & business? only true if you are going for a pure business program (eg Ross, Wharton)- and lots of students don’t choose those fields until well into college.