| Myth 1: For the big money, STEM always delivers. |
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 | I'm about to graduate high school and when I'm a college student, I'm going to be a STEM major because they get the big bucks. | |
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| Hey, Kiddo. English or history graduates who make just above the median lifetime earnings for their major do pretty well when compared to typical graduates in business or a STEM field. | |
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| Myth 2: Women want to have it all. |
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| I have a year left in high school but I'll have to work harder to get into a school because girls are taking over everything. Before we know it, girls are going to take all the jobs. | |
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| Whoa. Before you buy into a crazy myth, just look at some of the highest paying fields and the proportion of women who major in them: business economics (31 percent), chemical engineering (28 percent), computer science (20 percent), electrical engineering (10 percent), mechanical engineering (8 percent). Don't worry, you'll get accepted into a college next year. | |
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| Myth 3: Choice of major matters more than choice of college. |
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| After high school, I want to go to Harvard and be an art major. | |
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| Harvard is a wonderful school. As an art major in Harvard, I have a lot of networking opportunities and because of how great of a network there is in an elite school, I just landed a great job that pays more than someone who is a chem major in a second-tier school. | |
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