OP here. DD took a career quiz last year and got firefighter… definitely not something she wants to do! She’s not particularly interested or passionate about everything; in high school, she was one of those students who did a few clubs, sports, and activities but didn’t particularly excel in any of them. The phrase “average excellent” is thrown around here often and I think it’s an accurate description of her. She didn’t even particularly enjoy the activities she did in high school, so she hasn’t continued any of them in college.
I think it’s fine if a kid doesn’t have any particular passions; your career doesn’t have to be something you’re incredibly passionate about, only one that you like enough to be doing 40 hours (or more) a week. The problem is, DD can’t find anything that she would do for that long and just said management consulting because it’s an easy fallback option for people who want to further delay their career decisions.
We don’t want DD to continue delaying making choices. She needs to be bold in what she wants out of college! It’s so frustrating having other families around me say that their kid is going to our state flagship on a full ride to be pre-med, or to Georgia Tech as a Stamps Scholar for Chemical Engineering, or to community college with the intention of transferring to a local public four-year as a computer engineering major. Meanwhile, DH and I are shelling out tens of thousands of dollars this year only for DD to be completely unappreciative and have no direction whatsoever.
And for the record, she has no interest in being a lawyer. UGH!