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Re:Ask HN: A 19 year old, what should I do? by navait on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @08:44AM (#7507613)
I don't know where you live, but I can tell you what you can do in America degree wise. There are options for accelerating university. Discussing your situation with your advisor may help you get some credits via a special test or the the CLEP and AP exams. There are actually a lot of resources for getting credits, you just need to ask your advisor for help. Maybe they will even accept coursera work. The flip side is that if you attend a tuition mill, they'll not let you speed up your education. If that's the problem I suggest you try to attend a better university.

You can then fast-track to a master's degree(your university may call it something different). This allows you to use grad level courses as courses for your BS. You will find the graduate level courses more challenging and they will test your ability to learn. If you are as smart as you say you are, you'll be able to graduate the program a year early, learn a lot and have an MS to boot.

Re:Ask HN: A 19 year old, what should I do? by coolsebz on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @08:51AM (#7507648)
Wow, this is something that I haven't been thinking about! I will definitely ask about the possibility of starting with my masters, because that sounds like a real challenge! Thank you!
Re:Ask HN: A 19 year old, what should I do? by navait on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @09:12AM (#7507802)
I actually have a professor from Romania who might be able to help you, if you give me a private email address to contact you, I can give you his name. (I don't want to post it publicly on HN)
Re:Ask HN: A 19 year old, what should I do? by coolsebz on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @09:31AM (#7507964)
Absolutely, that would be more than helpful! [email protected]