It’s the start of college application time and I want to decide what to major in before I pick a college that doesn’t offer what I choose. I have always been awesome in History, getting a 5 on the APUSH exam and a 100 on the New York State Regents. I have also been introduced my senior year to AP Computer Science and love it! I’ve been getting 100s on exams so far, but it seems the people around me are more advanced than me, either their parents know programming or its their hobby, and intimated by the male-dominated field. Should I go with something I have a talent for, and enjoy, or something intriguing and challenging? (P.S. I know im going to minor in Anthropology, im very complicated)
Both history and computer science are fairly common majors, so your college selection should not be too restricted. If you are looking at smaller or more specialized colleges, you may want to check the course catalogs and schedules in each subject to make sure that the offerings are sufficient for your interests.
If you are considering majoring in both, consider whether colleges make is easier to have more than one major (e.g. fewer breadth requirements, fewer subsidiary requirements (like additional science courses for computer science majors)). You can also major in one, but take out-of-major elective courses in the other without worrying about getting another major or minor.
Do not worry about the existence of students more advanced than you are in any given subject (whether computer science, history, or something else).
Here is a comparison of some smaller colleges’ computer science offerings:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/18866045/#Comment_18866045
^Yeah, I wouldn’t worry about this just yet. History and computer science are common enough that there are few schools that wouldn’t have both, so you don’t really have to rule anything out.
Do NOT be intimidated by the male-dominated field! That’s how fields stay male-dominated 
I work in a male-dominated field right now. It’s loads of fun - and just because the field is primarily men doesn’t mean they aren’t aware of that fact and working to change the atmosphere and promote opportunities for women. The men on my team and in my workplace are acutely aware of that and are taking concrete steps to fix it while being incredibly supportive and fantastic.
And yeah, I agree, don’t be intimidated by those who know more. A friend of mine from college majored in math; she had to start at precalculus because the most she’d taken in high school was geometry. She still made it through the math major and went on to study biostatistics on the graduate level. The great thing about a major in college is that it doesn’t assume a whole bunch of prior exposure, particularly to subjects for which there is little high school preparation (like computer science).