Tips for Becoming a Physicist: A 14-Year-Old's Guide to Preparing for the Future

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Hi everyone;
I am 14 years old. If I want to be a physicist in the future, what should I be doing right now?
 
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TL;DR Summary: I want to do a PhD in applied math but I hate group theory, is this a big problem? Hello, I am a second-year math and physics double major with a minor in data science. I just finished group theory (today actually), and it was my least favorite class in all of university so far. It doesn't interest me, and I am also very bad at it compared to other math courses I have done. The other courses I have done are calculus I-III, ODEs, Linear Algebra, and Prob/Stats. Is it a...
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