Don’t make a definite decision until you have to. Most universities don’t make you have to decide on a major until sophomore or junior year. Use your first year as an opportunity to take classes in different areas that seem interesting. After you’ve done that, you’ll have a much better idea deciding what to major in.
This is true in the US, but not in the UK—pretty much everyone in the UK has to pick their major over a year before they start university. I’m not sure if the situation is the same on the continent.
If you can pick and choose, I think the best advice is: Statistics! There’s nothing I regret not learning more.
You might also want to check out the “LessWrong for Highschoolers” post (and facebook group), “LessWrong mentoring network”, and all the other dozens and dozens of post that have asked for advice on what to study.
Don’t make a definite decision until you have to. Most universities don’t make you have to decide on a major until sophomore or junior year. Use your first year as an opportunity to take classes in different areas that seem interesting. After you’ve done that, you’ll have a much better idea deciding what to major in.
This is true in the US, but not in the UK—pretty much everyone in the UK has to pick their major over a year before they start university. I’m not sure if the situation is the same on the continent.
If you can pick and choose, I think the best advice is: Statistics! There’s nothing I regret not learning more.
I second the recommendation for statistics I made a post about it earlier
You might also want to check out the “LessWrong for Highschoolers” post (and facebook group), “LessWrong mentoring network”, and all the other dozens and dozens of post that have asked for advice on what to study.