<prompt> Human: Last year, my mother passed away. I was 18 at the time and am currently 19. My brother 15 and I are each inheriting roughly 200,000. My grandpa is making sure the state I live in get as little as possible via taxes, so Im not particularly worried about anything regarding the inheriting process. My mother was a professor at a local university which I am now attending for free, meaning when I graduate I will have zero student loan debt. Anyways, I know little to nothing about finance, but its always came across as something I would give a shot Im still undeclared; no idea what I want to do with my life. Point being, I can afford to take the risk of switching majors without seeing financial consequences. Would it be a bad idea to pursue some type of career Or even to gain a little bit of knowledge in fiance given my situation? If yes, what type of classes should I take?Ive heard suggestions everywhere from stocks and bonds, CDs, real estate, or just letting an FA take care of all of it. I really dont care which direction I go as long as I dont get screwed over and I profit significantly. I would like to hear all suggestions, ranging from short, medium and long term investments. Thank you for your time.EDIT: Thank you for the responses! I wanted to address something however; I trust my grandfather unconditionally. Hes a retired engineer who has millions in savings because hes so frugal. Hes actually the reason that Im probably going to save close to 30,000 in taxes due to the fact that he arranged the pension that Im inheriting to come in in 5 payments rather than one lump sum  <response>: I wouldnt change your major just to take some finance classes just to learn the basics unless you wanted to peruse that as a profession. There are various places online that can give you basic personal finance classes to know what some instruments are and how they work. You should definitly check out the side bar for prime directive and windfall. 