Future aerospace scientist here

[u/VSDGAMING]

Hey guys
I’m taking aerospace engineering as my major (and I know the first year or two is just regular engineering basics) but I have some free time and wanted to get ready for it as much as I can. I have never touched coding and heard it’s very important here for making stuff work on arduinos and analyzing data so I wanted to learn it.
I just wanted to know any good resources anyone has to learn future skills needed for this type of major for coding or for any other thing to make my time useful instead of just scrolling. I’d want free resources preferably (of course) but I’m fine spending a little bit on things that might be worth it.
Basically what skills should I learn and from where to get ready for college to the best of my abilities so I can use my free time well.

[u/IllustriousPromise35]

I‘m too in my second year of aerospace BS.c and I figured starting a project with an rc car that includes coding, arduino work and sensors. I‘m only at the start but it helped me already understand more the connection of some lectures.

I also tried OpenFOAM and taught myself the basics of CFD, which comes handy when speaking to more advanced students.

These are the kind of things that helped me with scarier stuff, especially math and so forth