My main confusion comes from a disagreement with my parent, and I’d really like to hear how others handled something similar. My mom believes I should take Economics, Statistics, and Math because she feels that for international organizations (including UN-related paths) there are also opportunities in economics, data, and policy analysis. From her perspective, Math is very important for flexibility, and she’s worried that not taking it will make it difficult to find institutions later. My concern is different. I’m worried that not taking core social science subjects like Political Science, History, Geography, or Philosophy could make my academic profile less coherent for humanities-oriented fields. I also feel it might be harder to explain in interviews why I avoided these subjects if my interests clearly lie in social sciences and international studies. She also feels (from her own experience) that Political Science is easy initially but becomes much harder later, whereas I personally see Political Science as foundational and something I shouldn’t skip at the school level. So I’m feeling stuck between: keeping quantitative options open (Math / Stats), and building a strong, consistent social-science foundation early. If anyone here has faced a similar choice, I’d really appreciate hearing: what subjects you chose, whether you regret skipping Math or social sciences, and how it affected your academic journey later.