juliusmcfly

It's not so much that I bend my will easily to the opinions of others. I do believe that there is at least a grain of truth in most well thought out advice, and I do try to be flexible when considering others' opinions. Once I read the comment through a different lens, I saw the truth in what it was saying.

Alternatively, I could just refuse to acknowledge the accuracy of any of this and bicker over minutiae and semantics, but I choose not to.

Thanks for all the comments. I've actually followed through on a couple pieces of advice.

I scheduled an interview with an admissions officer at Southern Poly, and I spent all night last night working through the Django Book, so I can try to put together my first webapp idea. I've always learned best by actually getting my hands dirty, so I think it will be a good experience.

Agreed. Much appreciated. On second thought, you were pretty close to the truth. I'm my worst own enemy in some ways, but I'm changing and maturing every day.

Not too harsh at all. This is actually the most realistic piece of advice so far. I fully realise that I am not where I need to be, and that "tinkering around" isn't nearly good enough. I did not mean to imply that.

I disagree that it will be close to the hardest thing anyone has ever done. Come on now.

It will be extremely hard though, harder than most things, and I am up for the challenge.

I'll be in touch. My mother went to Emory, and enjoyed it very much. Good luck with everything!

This is true as well. The argument isn't so pretty when you take it to its logical extremes.

It is true, however, that someone with all of those aforementioned traits and opportunities has no excuse. I think people that consistently try hard enough will eventually be blessed with some degree of luck.

I'm not in state, unfortunately. I just moved hear from, again unfortunately, Florida.

I was just browsing that same page, actually. GT is a good school.

I'm in Georgia, but I just moved here (ran away to the mountains) from Florida, and am a Florida resident. UF I guess is our "flagship school", but I'll probably need to spend more time at a community college to be eligible to transfer there.

Being employed as a member of the professional class isn't all that I aspire to, but there is no shame in that. The idea quite depresses me though.

Thanks for the reply. Really what I need to hear. I am always impressed with people who come here, adjust to the culture, work hard, and have such great success. Really inspiring.

I am familiar with Georgia Tech, and have a few friends there. My GPA is not so great after randomly leaving town last semester, but I can always bring it up elsewhere.