Some places can be flexible about their entry requirements. If you're not against coming to the UK, try some places here, like Cambridge (much cheaper than ~all

Some places can be flexible about their entry requirements. If you're not against coming to the UK, try some places here, like Cambridge (much cheaper than ~all US schools). Don't just apply - contact specific supervisors about joining their groups. I can help guide you through this if you (or anyone) want to drop me an email. As someone who bucked the traditional route to get here I can assure you it's feasible. I didn't go to university until I was 21 - and then I did a weird subject at an unheard of university. Now I'm a grad at Cambridge. If you don't like the system which is set up to select people who are likely to be good, then you have to work around it, not try to run straight through it. By applying the normal route you're guaranteeing yourself to get stuck. People are always the way around institutional rules - get to know some of them, help them to like you, then help them to help you. Also, if you want to change the world with your skills, very few academic projects will let you do that. We're building a site that lets you find those projects and give your skills: http://solvers.io http://solvers.io