Here's what I see smart kids doing that avoids these problems. 1. Get the basic courses out of the way before going to college. The majority of homeschool stud

Here's what I see smart kids doing that avoids these problems. 1. Get the basic courses out of the way before going to college. The majority of homeschool students I know take community college courses during high school. It's dirt cheap, it's great preperation for the rhythm of college study, and it lets you already have the basic prerequisites out if the way before starting full time college. 2. Start immediately on career classes. A cousin of mine wanted to be an architect. He lined up architectural classes in his first year and, I think, a couple weeks with an architectural firm. By the end of the first year he realized that this wasn't what he wanted to do. He switched the second year to a major he loved. Because he switched early, he still graduated in four years. I talk to so many students who are multiple years into school and have never even taken a class in whatever they plan on as a career. This is just nuts. 3. Intern every summer. You'll get a huge education working in the real world. You'll know much more if you want to work in this field. And assuming you are smart and get things done, these companies will want to hire you when you graduate.