<p>May I suggest a strategy?</p>
<p>To succeed in a career that combines your interests in computer programming and entrepreneurship, it might be a good idea to go to college and double major in computer science and business, so you’ll be well prepared</p>
<p>But double-majoring in two such unrelated fields is difficult to manage. Colleges require a lot of general education courses, which take up a lot of your time. So it’s difficult to fit all the courses for two unrelated majors into your schedule.</p>
<p>It’s not impossible, though.</p>
<p>What you need to do is to take as many AP courses as possible in high school – in things like science, social studies, and English – and go to a state university. If you do well on your AP tests, most state universities will give you credit for a lot of the general education courses, and you won’t have to take them. This gives you room in your schedule for a double major in the two subjects that you truly like. State universities are especially generous about letting students substitute AP credits for general education courses, which is why I suggested going to that kind of college. </p>
<p>Of course, in order to get into AP classes in 11th and 12th grades and make this whole thing work, you have to get good grades throughout high school. And if you do that, your parents will probably stop objecting to your playing football. Convenient, huh?</p>
<p>Oh, and if your parents insist that you should be trying for the Ivy League, tell them you want to go to Cornell. You can’t double major in computer science and business there, but you can major in one of those subjects and minor in the other, which is the next best thing.</p>