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<p>then you should try to. </p>
<p>There is no way to know just how good you can be until you try. That is the reason to go to a great school. It doesn’t upper bound you. The point of the theoretical classes and the math classes is to prepare you for a 40+ year career. Programming changes over time, the fundamental principles will stay with you. Not everybody can handle this level of abstraction, but you don’t know until you try. </p>
<p>Sure it’s more expensive, but you’re 17 or 18. You borrow some money for CS and you’ll be able to pay it back. Why settle for second rate when you don’t have to. It’s pound foolish.</p>
<p>Challenge yourself to be great!</p>