OP here. The meetup was in Menlo Park. I had to take VTA for more than an hour and bike for another hour to get there. And yes, I should have chosen to stay in SF.. but I've already paid the rent and there's nothing I could do now. I will travel to SF whenever needed, though that costs me a significant amount of time and money.

My biggest concern is that, I do not have experience in IT field, and thus I am not sure what I want to do. I am 'interested' in learning Android development, so I listed it on my interest, but I do not know anything much about it.

Literally, I couldn't do anything outside the CS courses(from Intro, up to OS), because I changed my major in my Junior year Spring(last April), and this probably makes me an unattractive candidate. I think I achieved a lot in a short period of time, but no company values this.

Also, it is confusing if I should tell them honestly that I just stared learning Web or Android, but I am a quick, passionate learner.