[jonesb6]

You sound like a great parent who really cares about their daughter, so I feel like I should leave a final point. In my anecdotal experience as a recent CS undergrad, STEM, and particularly engineering, CS, and Mathematics, paths seem to generate the most stress on students because their environments tend to skew social norms (gender imbalances, workloads, social stereotypes).

I believe a full perspective of any degree should include its potential impact on a students social life, because lets face it it's a contributing factor to why students want to go to college and IMO we derive a lot of our happiness (especially at that age) by our social interactions.

That said with love and support like the kind you seem to be providing, she should be able to succeed at anything.

[epalmer]

Te college experience and social life aspect is one of her driving forces for deciding. So far she is getting in the schools she has applied for (1 left to hear from and one that is two step process and step 1 is done). We will be making college visits to 3 of the fourt schools again to get the feel.

She is driven by the desire to change society for the better and thinks she can do this via a mix of engineering and political policy influence. She has experience lobbying at the state and federal level already successfully. S this is what drives her.

All of this is complicated by cost factors and home much grant and loans are offered. The final weeks in April will be stressful as the financial aid award letters come in. Exciting but nervous times.