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.
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.