Career path advice for an incoming college student?

[kwabbit]

For undergrad, I'd choose a major that is 1) likely to score you a well paying career and 2) somewhat enjoyable for you to study.

This advice would be more relevant if you were thinking about studying a field that didn't have good career prospects, but I think it's something to keep in mind anyway.

If you're truly passionate about something as a high schooler, odds are you won't learn too much in undergrad and only upper level electives will be that stimulating. And if you continue to be passionate about that, you won't need to give an institution $100k+ for a piece of paper to become very knowledgeable and feel confident in your knowledge.

I enjoy political science but I didn't study it in college, but now I have a well-paying office/WFH finance job where I can spend hours of the workday engaging with political news. While many of the political science majors I know weren't able to find a job in their field and have to work low-skill jobs where they don't have the freedom and flexibility to learn about their passion.