College suggestions for Baitboy

[spence]

That's a pretty open ended question, what does he want to study?

-spence

[OLD GOAT]

We have a grandson at Massachusetts Maritime Academy and realize that this place is a sleeper school.
I'm hearing stories of starting well over 100,000 out of school.
There are a lot of college grads out there without jobs.

[jredfly]

Originally Posted by OLD GOAT

We have a grandson at Massachusetts Maritime Academy and realize that this place is a sleeper school.
I'm hearing stories of starting well over 100,000 out of school.
There are a lot of college grads out there without jobs.

This is a very good point and it has him in a dilemma, because he doesn't want to be one of the many liberal arts kids working at Starbucks.

Mass Maritime has always been a great school with big money jobs right out of college. Even back in my day I had friends who made huge pay checks right after graduation.

[Dick Durand]

Too many good schools to make a specific suggestion. Your son is obviously a good student, so maybe it's time to narrow the field with all the quantitative considerations - type of school, distance from home, urban or suburban, large or small enrollment, types of programs, reputation, school's endowment for scholorship possibilities, private or public - anything that narrows the field. Guidance departments can help considerably.

[jredfly]

Originally Posted by spence

That's a pretty open ended question, what does he want to study?

-spence

Sorry about that Spence. He is a true Liberal Arts kid, he got a perfect 800 score on the English portion of the SAT and another 800 on the Literature SAT subject test.

He loves to read, write fiction and history but realizes he might have to go in another direction to make a living. He does fine in Math with SATs in the 700s but writing is his passion.