Assuming you haven’t already majored in something. And no, I don’t get a referral commission, as far as you know.

Letter to High School Students: What to Major in over at Dot Physics

Do it because it isn’t easy.

It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great. Jimmy Dugan’s other piece of good advice.

Seriously — doing what’s easy isn’t really going to prepare you to do anything beyond college. Don’t take the easy path, take a challenging (though not impossible) one.