What should I major in?

Hello everyone! I am a high school senior (upcoming) and need help choosing my college major. I am good at math and physics and am interested in business/entrepreneurship. I can program in Python, am interested in investing/money/personal finance and I want to go into investment banking/quant trading.

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If you’re at a target you can break into IB with any major. If you want to keep the quant route alive do Math/CS

 

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