Exactly!
The article makes some good points. However, the students and perhaps their parents need to apply some common sense to the process and think about reality.
What are the actual job prospects? Who is hiring, for what jobs, and what are the requirements for those jobs? Can I modify my interests to fit what's actually needed? If I spend tens of thousands of dollars on this degree, what are my prospects of realistically being able to pay this off?
Maybe the career track is OK, but some consideration needs to be taken regarding the school. A less expensive less prestigious school might be a better option.
Sometimes I think common sense gets less and less common as time goes on.
That’s true enough. Think about the chosen degree and if there really is a market for ‘medieval music’. lol
Kids can save a lot of money by getting some of their classes at community colleges prior to entering the bigger colleges. Some of those classes shouldn’t even be required though.
A lot of unnecessary cost gets added to the college bill, too, from students picking classes that are too hard for them. Our son says that for every 10 that show up planning an engineering major, about 8 change their path after the first semester!
He knows some kids that have changed their majors 4 or 5 times in 2 years.