I went to MIT. At the time I was sure that it was what I wanted - I felt very ready to "take a drink from the firehose" or whatever.
Since actually going there, my feelings about college have changed a lot. It seems to me that I have a whole lifetime ahead of me to work like a dog, if I want to. I would have rather spent my college years exploring things I didn't know much about - like art, travel, people, languages - instead of obsessing over math and science, which I was already pretty good at.
My advice is this: If you want to do technological entrepreneurship, then that path will be available to you in four years. You're already ahead of the curve, and you don't need to do much during college. Go somewhere interesting, relax and have fun.
I'm sure kicking back a bit has its merits (and I'll give it a shot), but I can't shake the impression that if I say "OK, I'll stop being relentlessly hungry and relax now, I can work later", there goes my inertia and my expected level of success plummets. Am I wrong?
Since actually going there, my feelings about college have changed a lot. It seems to me that I have a whole lifetime ahead of me to work like a dog, if I want to. I would have rather spent my college years exploring things I didn't know much about - like art, travel, people, languages - instead of obsessing over math and science, which I was already pretty good at.
My advice is this: If you want to do technological entrepreneurship, then that path will be available to you in four years. You're already ahead of the curve, and you don't need to do much during college. Go somewhere interesting, relax and have fun.