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Re:Ask HN: A 19 year old, what should I do? by JoelOtter on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @08:49AM (#7507641)
I'm at an engineering-focused uni here in the UK (studying computing), and there are a LOT of Romanian guys in my year - all of them very, very good. The level of mathematics you guys get taught at high school far exceeds that of the UK, let alone the US.

You sound like the kind of person who probably sailed through high school and likely has great exam results from there. Combined with the fact that you've got tonnes of experience and have taught yourself, you'd have a great shot at studying somewhere abroad, if you think you'd like to do it. I learned a lot online and from working on open-source projects, but for me personally, formally studying computing has broadened my horizons massively and opened a huge number of doors.

Re:Ask HN: A 19 year old, what should I do? by coolsebz on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @08:55AM (#7507676)
I'm actually considering that! Where exactly do you study? I feel like around here they teach us too much math, but no practical stuff and I would like to give it a shot and study abroad
Re:Ask HN: A 19 year old, what should I do? by JoelOtter on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @08:59AM (#7507703)
I'm at Imperial College London. It's great for me because the course is very hands-on (I'm in second year, and so far we've built a compiler and an operating system). If you're into the more theoretical stuff elsewhere might be better, but we're pretty highly ranked at the minute so it's a good degree. Lots of industry links too!
Re:Ask HN: A 19 year old, what should I do? by coolsebz on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @09:14AM (#7507815)
Now that sounds interesting! Thanks for this, I'll be looking for some more info!
Re:Ask HN: A 19 year old, what should I do? by tezza on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @10:38AM (#7508483)
Scotland heavily subsidised their courses for EU peeps such as yourself.

Edinburgh University Computer Science: £1820 PA... now that is a steal

http://www.docs.sasg.ed.ac.uk/fees/undergraduate_2014-2015.c...