I'm trying to do well in high school is to... get into a better college... and then what? shrug A "better" college will have more interesting people - ones tha

I'm trying to do well in high school is to... get into a better college... and then what? shrug A "better" college will have more interesting people - ones that let you sleep on Friday and Saturday nights because they aren't drunk and throwing up outside of your window. It'll provide you with good professors, who aren't insecure about teaching, and are happy to engage you in their research. Having gone to a big state school/research university (Rutgers), I had the experience of "both sides" of the coin - and there is an enormous difference between how different student's attitude affected their education - it's shocking that there is no "formal" difference between graduates, there certainly is a difference between the people who were engaged in their education, and those who were there to pass while trying their hardest to impress people. I love hacking, not so much school. I think it was Chomsky or RMS who said something interesting about their high school - that they did all the bullshit hoop jumping you have to go through to get to a good university, and it was worth it. Yes, in high school, you're jumping through nearly-bullshit hoops in an imperfect system, but there is a practical argument to be made that it might be worth it.