Malagasy Rain

As an aspiring scientist, I am suffering from a major problem regarding my early science studies. As stated in my profile, I've only begun eleventh grade but I want to get as much preparation as possible heading up to college. My main problem is...even though I'm partial the physical sciences (astronomy, chemistry, physics, etc.), I have an interest in other "sciences" such as biology, computer science, etc. It gets to the point where I can't truly concentrate on one branch of science (i. e. One day I start reading up on chemistry and the next day I start reading about the human body).

I'm afraid if I can't get myself organized, there's a viable possibility that, in the future, I will have chosen the wrong field of study. What should I do?

Toto

Get a good background in math and do well in whatever course you are taking. Don't worry about switching fields - lots of people do it, even after the get their PhD's.

Malagasy Rain

I just remembered that the root to all the sciences I mentioned is mathematics. Thanks for the reminder. I figure if I can master high school mathematics and begin college math, I'm covered for the most part.

Minnesota

And try to squeeze in a good introductory college class in logic . It will serve you well in the many discussions you will surely have in years to come.

xorbie

Hehe... yes I face the exact same conundrum... so here's what I did. I took AP Computer Science, AP Bio, AP Math and AP Physics in HS

It worked out pretty well for me, and all the classes were interesting. But yeah, if you are still doubtful by the time you get to college, just major in math. That is pretty much what I am doing this fall; gonna be double majoring in math and engineering physics at U of Illinois.

Just remember: HS is for trying new things out. You can take a class and you don't have to commit to life-long study.

fando

No one has mentioned it yet, but universities will usually give you time to declare your major. It was one year at my uni. In that one year or so, you should get a pretty good idea of what your real interests are and, hopefully, your limitations. (Yes, some drop out of physics simply because it gets too hard.)

Malagasy Rain

My school offers AP in all of those classes except Bio.

Shadowy Man

Major in physics!

js_africanus

It is way too early for you to be worrying about that. In my econ. program we had a mathematician who had done everything for his Ph.D. except finish his dissertation. He decided that k-theory was too obscure and wanted to go into something that might have more of an impact on the world, so he started the Ph.D. program in economics--I don't know if he had ever taken one undergraduate econ. class! So worry about doing well in math right now, because you'll have plenty of time to decide which branch of the sciences you want to persue when you go to college.

Wounded King

The very first thing you should do is stop referring to biology as a "Science" in quotation marks, grrrrrr.