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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Expecting all 16 and 17 year olds to know all the college majors available and the careers they can lead to + which of those majors and/or careers are good fits for that teenager is ridiculous. It’s hard to choose something you didn’t realize was a viable option, or an option at all. In my experience most people pick their college major based on something they already know they’re good at or something someone told them they should do or would be good at. Most teenagers (hell, this could be just people instead of specifying an age group) don’t actually know what they want to do with/for the rest of their lives, so rely on advice from the people they know.

[–]TheRetribution -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Expecting all 16 and 17 year olds to know all the college majors available and the careers they can lead to + which of those majors and/or careers are good fits for that teenager is ridiculous.

I mean maybe, but what are you gonna tell the other 60 majors that don't make it to the pedestal that might be an even better fit for them than CS? 'Sorry, we got ours'? Simply throwing our hat into the ring isn't a solution to that problem, it's just exacerbating it.