Your comment reminded me of a 2017 article recently linked here: https://danwang.co/why-so-few-computer-science-majors/ https://danwang.co/why-so-few-computer-s

Your comment reminded me of a 2017 article recently linked here: https://danwang.co/why-so-few-computer-science-majors/ https://danwang.co/why-so-few-computer-science-majors/ The obvious answer in my view is familiarity. Most secondary school leavers will have some idea of what's involved in a maths, chemistry, biology, geography etc degree. Very few will know what's involved in CS and I reckon the uncertainty puts them off. I'm not sure kids that age would learn how to code without strong encouragement. Why would they?