@Francis7 posted:[Just making conversation here and this is not something personal.]
I've always thought it was too much to ask a 17 or 18 year old kid "What do you want to do with the rest of your life? What do you want to major in at college?" Most lack the maturity, knowledge and experience to make a good decision to such an important question.
The solution would be to put that decision off and not go to college. At the end of the day it's entirely optional. To challenge your point about the lack of maturity, at what age do you think they're mature or experienced enough to make that decision?
I understand college is a big deal to a lot of parents and high schoolers, but quite frankly it's not a huge deal. Sure it helps shape who you are. Maybe it's where you meet your spouse. Maybe it helps shape your career. But when you're 50, nobody really cares where you went to school or whether it took 3 years or 7 to graduate.
Successful people are going to be successful whether they start at MIT or community college. Sure, one may put you on an easier path, but where you chose to go to college when you were 17 doesn't really determine any outcome for you.
Moral of the story. If you want to go to school, go to school. If you want to change your major, change your major. If you want to play baseball and it doesn't work out, transfer and try your luck elsewhere. What really gets lost in all these conversations about school, recruiting, etc is putting yourself in a position to be happy. If turning down D3 offers to walk on at a D1 will make you happy go ahead. If you would be happier at the small D3, but you have SEC offers do it. You have to do what's right for you, bottom line.