If you don’t need the money right now, getting into IOI /topcoder prelearning all material for CS engineering (buy/download and read the books that you will nee

If you don’t need the money right now, getting into IOI /topcoder prelearning all material for CS engineering (buy/download and read the books that you will need to learn anyways) may speed up your university and improve your grades, and will make it easier to work while you are in the university. Also ask some students there about the hardest subject in the first semester, as it may be the hardest semester for getting rid of students (for us it was calculus, but it was easy for me, as I amazing math classes in high school and went to math competitions before). I wouldn’t do example projects, as it’s much harder to make an impact there than by getting good grades or working for a known company.