I guess the situation is a lot similar to YC's rejections (see http://ycombinator.com/whynot.html http://ycombinator.com/whynot.html). I recently got into prog

I guess the situation is a lot similar to YC's rejections (see http://ycombinator.com/whynot.html http://ycombinator.com/whynot.html). I recently got into programming and wanted to apply for HS but living for 3 months in NYC isn't affordable for me. I'll be applying for next year's summer batch. Till then I'll arrange money and build up my knowledge.