My advice: treat college like a job. Treat the library like an office, and go there for a fixed number of hours per day, and just heads-down work. You'd be su

My advice: treat college like a job. Treat the library like an office, and go there for a fixed number of hours per day, and just heads-down work. You'd be surprised how much you can accomplish in, say, 3-4 hours per day. If you do this with discipline, you'll have plenty of time for hobbies, programming projects, and just plain partying. Undergrads are notoriously bad at time management; crack that nut, and you'll rise easily to the top. Also: choose your classes based on who the instructor is, not on the subject matter. Find out who the best teachers are (ask students!) and take whatever they are teaching. An excellent teacher can make even the most dull subject come alive; a mediocre teacher can suck the life out of even the most fascinating subject matter.