| Is your child undecided about their future college | | | | Remind your son or daughter that their college |
| major? In today's world, college is no longer optional. | | | | education will give them foundational skills that they |
| Many teens agonize over what they will choose for a | | | | will build on for the rest of their life. There is no |
| college major. They feel like the rest of their life | | | | possible way anyone can learn all the information |
| hinges on this one decision. In a way, it does. The | | | | necessary for a lifetime of work in four years, but |
| major your child selects is quite important. However, | | | | college will give them a great head start. |
| the truly important decision is simply making the | | | | Many students apply to college as an undecided |
| choice to finish school. | | | | major. Studies show that up to 20 percent of college |
| When your child is selecting a college and career | | | | freshman are undecided about their major. Many |
| path, you need to remind them that the main point | | | | more than that decides to change their majors during |
| of going to college is to open doors. With a college | | | | college. Several colleges offer courses for undecided |
| diploma, your child will find that there are many more | | | | majors to help them choose their future career |
| choices available to them. They will have many more | | | | paths. While they are choosing a major, they can get |
| career options than someone that only has a high | | | | their general education requirements out of the way. |
| school diploma. So, choosing to go to college is the | | | | Undecided majors have the advantage of learning |
| key; choosing a major is entirely secondary. | | | | about all of the college's different departments |
| For instance, if your child selects a liberal arts degree | | | | first-hand before they choose which one is right for |
| in English, they will not be resigned to only being an | | | | them. In fact, students often choose more than one |
| English teacher. They can pursue careers in fields as | | | | major in order to learn about all of their fields of |
| varied as journalism, marketing, copy writing, | | | | interest. |
| communications, research or consulting. The degree is | | | | So, if your son or daughter is trying to choose a |
| the basic building block; where your child decides to | | | | college, but they are frustrated because they don't |
| take their degree is very open-ended. The possibilities | | | | know what they want to do with the rest of their |
| are as diverse as their ambition. | | | | lives after college, let them know that they are not |
| The average person in the modern marketplace will | | | | alone. The most important thing to remember is that |
| have about seven distinctly different careers over | | | | the degree itself is the critical part; the major doesn't |
| the course of their lifetime. This might sound very | | | | set the rest of their professional life in stone. On the |
| intimidating to a high school student. How on Earth will | | | | contrary, it opens up many more opportunities than it |
| they be prepared for seven different careers when | | | | excludes. |
| they are having a tough time choosing just one? | | | | |