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I don't see a mistake. In the real world, success is not guaranteed from effort. College is just the beginning for finding that out. Thomas Edison would say

I don't see a mistake. In the real world, success is not guaranteed from effort. College is just the beginning for finding that out. Thomas Edison would say that he didn't fail, he just discovered 99 ways that don't work. You discovered that you like creating apps and businesses, and don't care much for CS theory. Great! That means you won't waste more years on it. Unlike you, I wasn't so fortunate as to fail my classes early in a major I didn't enjoy. I even ended up getting a Masters in it. Now I'm much older than you and creating apps. See what I'm getting at? Failure might actually be success.

nicholas73 10y ago
The other thing is that in the long run nobody cares how you did in college. No employer is going to dig up whether you failed some classes. Doors do not permanently close. Only you care that you failed some classes, and most of that is probably fearing what others might think of you. Your parents might be having a cow. But I'm telling you, none of that matters. You are not a bad person for failing. You didn't lose anything by failing. You have a long life ahead of you to make something of yourself, so don't worry about rushing it. You can either take another shot at CS, study something else, or keep going with apps. That's a pretty good situation to be in as far as the world goes. Like the Beatles song goes, let it be. If it wasn't meant to be, let it be. You didn't lose anything. Actually, you gained a whole lot by trying, because you gained information on where else to start focusing your energy. It's like asking a girl out. It doesn't matter if she says no; you learn and next time you're closer to getting yes. It's the people who never ask that struggle. You tried and are getting stronger. Like I said, I wish I failed earlier. Now I have to fail 10 years later.

nicholas73 10y ago

The other thing is that in the long run nobody cares how you did in college. No employer is going to dig up whether you failed some classes. Doors do not permanently close. Only you care that you failed some classes, and most of that is probably fearing what others might think of you. Your parents might be having a cow. But I'm telling you, none of that matters. You are not a bad person for failing. You didn't lose anything by failing. You have a long life ahead of you to make something of yourself, so don't worry about rushing it. You can either take another shot at CS, study something else, or keep going with apps. That's a pretty good situation to be in as far as the world goes. Like the Beatles song goes, let it be. If it wasn't meant to be, let it be. You didn't lose anything. Actually, you gained a whole lot by trying, because you gained information on where else to start focusing your energy. It's like asking a girl out. It doesn't matter if she says no; you learn and next time you're closer to getting yes. It's the people who never ask that struggle. You tried and are getting stronger. Like I said, I wish I failed earlier. Now I have to fail 10 years later.