I often found myself saying, "I wish I had been more like Paul Graham and not wasted so much time in high school."
Now that I'm a lot older and a little bit wiser, I have a feeling that everything happened the way it did for a reason and it turned out OK. I suspect that's probably a little bit true for you too.
Funny, I also went to Gateway and had a great time with my friends. After I read this
http://www.paulgraham.com/gateway.html
I often found myself saying, "I wish I had been more like Paul Graham and not wasted so much time in high school."
Now that I'm a lot older and a little bit wiser, I have a feeling that everything happened the way it did for a reason and it turned out OK. I suspect that's probably a little bit true for you too.