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The College Admissions EdgeAuthor: Pearl and Andy Lockwood
College admissions tips , strategies and various & sundry, not necessarily politically-correct thoughts on the whole college application and scholarships kit and kaboodle. Brought to you by Pearl and Andy Lockwood, best-selling authors, admissions and scholarships consultants based in Long Island New York, a/k/a one of the spazziest places on earth for college stress, weird ultra-competitive behavior by parents and teens! For more info, visit www.LockwoodCollegePrep.com Language: en Genres: Education, Education for Kids, Kids & Family Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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The "Safe" College Major That Just Collapsed
Tuesday, 21 April, 2026
Is your kid planning to major in computer science? Before they commit, you need to see the data — and it's not what colleges are advertising. Computer science enrollment exploded 500% from 2008 to 2024. Now it's dropping — down 8.1% since 2025 according to the College Clearinghouse. Meanwhile, engineering is up 7.3% and data analytics has grown by 35,000 students since 2020. In this episode of College Coffee Talk, Andy and Pearl Lockwood break down: - Why computer science may be following the gender studies path — impressive-sounding, but economically risky- Which majors are actually rising right now (and why they track the CS decline almost exactly)- Why your kid needs to be learning AI regardless of what they major in — and what "learning AI" actually means- The financial aid negotiation move that got one family $64,000 more from Johns Hopkins- Why waitlisted students almost never win financial aid appeals — and what "preferential packaging" really means This is the conversation guidance counselors aren't having with your family. LCP has it every Monday. **Chapters:**0:00 — Is computer science the new gender studies?2:05 — The CS enrollment data: 500% rise, now dropping4:20 — What's rising instead: engineering and data analytics5:06 — Why every student needs to learn AI (not what you think)13:42 — Pearl's perspective: financial aid negotiation14:25 — The case that worked: $64K more from Hopkins16:14 — The case that didn't: why waitlisted students lose appeals17:25 — Preferential packaging explained18:25 — Tax returns and financial aid appeals For more information visit: LockwoodCollegePrep.com #CollegeMajors #ComputerScience #CollegePlanning #LCPCoffeeTalk
