Pdxwayne
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Cool! Thanks for sharing! Wow, another career change?A good state university will provide the same education as the high priced spread.* She can be almost random in her major choices- it's a near guarantee that whatever she ends up doing will be only loosely related to what she started out doing.** However... whichever she chooses, go heavy on physics courses. No matter what one's scientific discipline, physics undergirds it, and understanding physics (and the consequent math) will give her a BIG advantage.
*I went to a tiny but good state school for undergrad, then a top 10 department for grad school followed by an Ivy League postdoc research and teaching position, so I saw both side of this.
**I went from a career goal of theoretical quantum chemistry (heavy physics) to an actual career in industrial chemistry, biology, electronics, wine, business operations... and about to make yet another career change.
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