I think you need to learn leadership. You need to learn how to lead. First yourself, and then others. If you haven't done anything on the application, and you w

I think you need to learn leadership. You need to learn how to lead. First yourself, and then others. If you haven't done anything on the application, and you want to apply, then start doing them. Lead yourself down the path that will make you get there. All the problems you mention are solvable by yourself. You can find a co-founder outside your school. In your community, heck, here on HN. Its done all the time. You can buy a scale model bus, a router and a LCD screen and create your own bus schedule timer if you want to hack something like some guy just did: http://blog.jgc.org/2012/03/ambient-bus-arrival-monitor-from-hacked.html http://blog.jgc.org/2012/03/ambient-bus-arrival-monitor-from... (you know they don't mean hacking in the illegal sense right?) I don't think the question you should be asking is "what if I'm not good enough," its "why haven't I been motivated to do something in my life yet." That being said, don't worry if the answer is "I just haven't felt like it yet." Some people make it to the Olympics when they're teenagers, some people bloom late in life and decide to get off their ass. Its all up to you.