<prompt> Human: For starters, I love my mom. She is the sweetest and most hard working person I know. However, she is always struggling with bills and had little luck in the financial spectrum of things, despite a PhD and teaching at a renown university. I grew up DIRT poor. Days where I went to bed with an empty stomach and bill collectors at my door were far too common.I am 17 years old and I will be attending an Ivy League institution in the fall. I was blessed enough to get into the school of my dreams with an awesome financial aid package. Debt, but manageable debt However, I am an undeclared major and I have extreme anxiety every day that I will end up like my mom because I am not prepared for my future career. My mom is a professor who studied for 10 years for her phD taking care of five children but makes less than 30k a year.Money is mostly the deciding factor for everything I do because of how I grew up. However, it scares me at the possibility of me hating my life and being forced to withdraw after a year of employment.What should I do in college with investing, majors, classes, careers, etc. to make sure that I do not end up like my mom?TL;dr grew up poor AF and need help figuring out what I need to do while Im in college with investing, majors, etc. Edit: some personal information  <response>: A recent study, led by Professor Zimbardo of Stanford University, looked at psychology and money. He studied over 3,000 people in 6 countries. And there is a very interesting result that applies to you: if you have a highly negative view of your past, you are highly likely to be financially healthy in the future, regardless of how much you make. Why? Those negative views of the past those bad money memories will influence every decision you make. You have a fear of bill collectors, so you are likely to be responsible, and you will likely spend less than you earn save. I used to have a very senior role in a bank, and I often met people who were highly compensated, but had even more debt. The fact that you are worried, and writing this message, means you are highly likely to make good decisions and find the right answers. My advice: study something that you are passionate about, and something that can get you a job no matter what. I double-majored in History my passion and Economics my meal ticket. I ended up working in banking, but I am so happy that I studied history.Congrats on being accepted to an amazing school. And I wish you all the success in the world. 