| I've always got bored pretty fast so I basically majored on and off until high school. Then I discovered the first mmorpgs and my grades took a turn for the worst, kind of. But it also lead me to learn about programming which I am grateful as I love creating. French system, so went to what is called Classes preparatoires... Very tough to remain interested when the end goal is not knowledge but just working for an exam happening in 830 days... Weaseled out my way in a top business school but the major was management and finance and although it wasn't CompSci, I'm again grateful because maybe I would have been disgusted if I was force fed algorithms, compiler theory and what not (which I took on in my spare time). In the end, I'm well rounded having learnt Math, Physics, Chemistry on a level equivalent of a bachelor for each more or less and having a few notions gleaned from business school and later experiences. To enter the BSchool, I was actually around the top of the list (we are ranked based on exam results). But during Bschool my grades were still terrible. Unmotivated, I wasted a lot of time. Should have built a business or something... I just can't cram for exams, was never me. Don't necessarily focus on school, focus on the skills you need for what you want to accomplish. Grades can be important though as the GPA is used as a discriminant when applying online. But the reality is that everyone has their own path and connections matter more.
All these paths are made for you to work for someone else and make them money anyway... So yeah, grades don't mean that you are incapable.
I am/was probably more skilled than many of the people I was in school with. (sounds perhaps arrogant, doesn't it? Oh well... I have spent the time for it so I have the confidence
... Still working on it, haven't reached my final form yet... ;o) Important note: if you have difficulties forcing yourself to do things, each time you do 't feel like it, that's the sign that you should fight against that feeling. Learnt that a bit too late for my studies... :) |