<p>Good question to ask. I would go to the best CS school you can get into. Your skills and education are going to be important. But to get into the gaming industry, you will need experience and connections. That is where active clubs can help. But you can do projects on your own or form your own club or team to do side work to your classes. Trying to get an internship should be a priority, so look at SJSU where you might have local companies, like Electronic Arts, at hand.</p>
<p>Here’s a great article to give you some perspective.</p>
<p>[John</a> Ratcliff’s Code Suppository: So your teenager tells you they want to ‘make video games’ for a living…](<a href=“http://codesuppository.blogspot.com/2013/04/so-your-teenager-tells-you-they-want-to.html]John”>John Ratcliff's Code Suppository: So your teenager tells you they want to 'make video games' for a living...)</p>