Ultimately your choice of program needs to be based on what you are good at. The toughest part of deciding what to do in university can involve differentiating between a skill/talent and a hobby. The jump from high school to university is huge, as is the jump from first- to second-year. This is true of any program. The best thing to do is to go and speak to an academic advisor and be honest with both them and yourself about what you excel at. It isn't good enough to just enjoy an area of study, or even to be "good at it". You need to excel at it. Many people who are "good" at something (or even many who "excel" at something) will find it difficult in university.
I'm not saying you need 99s in HS and 12s in first year, but you need to be honest with yourself. You may see a small mark bump in winter of fist-year as you learn a better way of handling the university academic life, but material is cumulative - it gets harder as you progress through your degree. You need to look at results in PERTINENT courses and not just your overall CA. Getting a 10+ in a humanities or commerce course (like English or Economics - two common first-year electives), or even biology and chemistry does not mean you will perform at this level in an physics or astronomy program. Instead, evaluate how you perform in the courses that teach direct required skills (physics and mathematics, for example). if you are only meeting the minimum entry requirements in these courses for your program of choice, you likely ill not do well.
If something is interesting to you, but you may not be skilled in it, you can always return for a second degree later on.
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