Love Computers, History, Economics, and Politics - Is there a degree for that? [2]

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This is repost of my question 4 months later. I updated my interests a bit.

(Might have some grammar gimmicks here and there, I kinda threw stuff into my old post)

Hello all,

I have loved computer science for quite a while (Even starting my own podcast for my school newspaper) and I am going to take AP Computer Sci A in the fall. I am the chief programmer on my robotics team, like to tinker with computers in my free time (software and hardware), and love actively participating in tech forums. Furthermore, I love reading about cybercrime (malware, ransomware, and DDOS attacks) and how governments/ companies solve and prevent it(or use them in some cases). I was interested in going into a computer science or some type of engineering degree, but math…

My math is killing me. I got 2 B’s in my Algebra 3-4 (called 2 for some) and Precal has been on the B- borderline.(I have to redo my precal final in the fall due to bombing it)

-Taking Calc AB fall too-

I am worried that if I do go into Computer Science or Engineering, math is going to prevent me from progressing/ enjoying my career.
So it got me thinking…

Would it actually be better to go some other route of study and career idea?

I am now the VP of the Model United Nations club at my school and love reading about history, world politics (I am like non-stop on reading policies and major news articles of Election 2016) , economics (avid stock market follower, leaning towards Austrian economicsm reading about the Federal Reserve/ ECB/ IMF) ,and laws that shaped the World and America. Even my summer is focused more on politics. I am currently participating in the World Affairs Council Summer Institute and preparing for AP Gov and International Relations in the fall. My History grades have been stronger than my math. I have been getting all A’s in my History classes (MWH, CWS, APUSH) and a bit of a variety in English (B’s freshman, A’s soph, A/B junior - all AS or AP courses). Furthermore, I enjoyed my AP US History class more than my math class.

Even my science grades this year are a bit scary - B-/B in AP Chem.

Currently, I am a rising senior

So, back to my original question…

Is there a degree that involves Computers, History, Economics, and Politics?

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Judging from my long-ago experience at least, small differences in grades in different subjects in high school are to be taken with a grain of salt. My high school grades in various subjects in the 1960’s don’t correlate with how I later performed at a university, in my career and in my non-work life. It may have had to do with the subject presented in high school differently than in college, how well the teacher taught the material, variation among high school teachers in their grading toughness, whether there was a teacher’s pet dynamic at play, changes in how I valued the respective subjects, and, I suspect, brain maturation between high school and going to the university in the early 1980s.

I majored in chemistry, at the university got quite respectable grades in it and became a chemist. My employers gave me good evaluations, especially on technical knowledge. I have enjoyed it immensely. Yet in high school I got just a C+ and a B+ in chemistry. Meanwhile, in spite of getting A’s overwhelmingly in high school French for 3 years, I never had any real competence in it, I did not greatly enjoy it, and it led to nothing. I suspect my French teacher was rather lavish with grades.

“My History grades have been stronger than my math.” It could possibly just reflect that your history teacher(s) grade more generously than your math teacher(s) - it might not have anything to do with you.

If you did not work very hard in your math classes, then more time doing problems and studying for tests is naturally indicated. However, even a worked-fairly-hard-for B or B- in math (or science) doesn’t amount to a good reason to turn away from STEM. STEM is hot, and computer science is the hottest in it, with the possible exception of nursing.