Things to do before starting math (or physics) at university

Question

What is better to do before starting a math degree? I was thinking that maybe I should do something like:

1. learning latex
2. learning how to use matlab

Any other suggestions?

Answer 1

You asked for suggestions other than learning Matlab and Latex, I have this suggestion:

Self Study Mathematics

Answer 2

1) Learn LaTeX. This can't hurt and it's pretty easy to do when done without time pressure, say like before beginning mathematics studies.

2) Be sure you know as good as you can all the usual high school stuff in mathematics. It can be hard to know exactly what this means, but besides asking people, surfing the internet and etc., you could begin by going in general over euclidean geometry, trigonometry, analytic geometry, exponents, fractions, logarithms, basic calculus, geometric and arithmetic sequences, word problems, basic set theory, etc.

Answer 3

You could try proving theorems you took for granted(ofc don't look for the proof),since most of them have an elementary proof(with this I mean they don't need any higher math stuff to be proven)