Keep in mind the kid who does choose college and leaves with a degee in Art History. We're in a different world now where a college degree doesn't open the doors it used to unless it's the right degree. I have a philosophy degree, so it was either law school or McDonald's.
Isn't "philosophy" Latin for what grad schools have you applied to? One of my cousins got his BA/MA in intellectual history. His goal from the start was go to law school. So he chose a major he considered to be interesting to him. He wrote his theis on the writings of Kahlil Gibran. It didn't hurt his research the Gibrans are friends of the family.
When I graduated I interviewed with computer companies. They were interviewing people with business, mathematics and economics degrees. Once in I was pushed to get an MBA.