>late to uni
>21 year old chink living in merica
>Grew up pretty sheltered, did pretty good, was autistic and got to go to pretty bougie private rich brat highschools
>Went to a pretty well known LAC
>Life broke apart after my first sem at uni when dad told me he had lost all the money to a margin call
>left uni, had a fall out with family
>dad wanted me to transfer to some ivy-league/ivy-adjacent school despite us being broke
>tfw couldn’t even afford next semester
>tfw had to accept my elite pipeline life was over
>moved to bumfuck west Texas where cousin lived
>worked for a year, saved up, got a car
>ego death
>enrolled at local community college
>took a whole year to stop being bitter about it
>grinded prereqs like a man possessed
>aced them all, perfect GPA (it is a community college afterall)
>finally feel like I’m piecing myself back together
>have transfer apps ready
>not even shooting for Ivies anymore, I've grown to love this shitty oil town, planning to transfer to my local state uni
>CS major
>haven’t touched real CS in 2 years, been busy surviving, too busy building social skills getting spit on as a busser and in the warehouse
>want to prep for masters/phd eventually as well, maybe ML or Cybersecurity side
>feel like I'm too far behind
>how the hell do I lock in again bros
>how do I get my brain to go full autismo again
>am I screwed or can I still make it
>how to even ace bachelors?? I want to suck it off all the value it has in the 2 years I have left, I'm ready to grift

and yes I'm ready to head to tradeschool if this all fails

>>33305039 (OP)
It sounds like you have a good plan and, unless you're like 60, it really is never too late. 21 is older than most at college, but you are still very young.

Also, sorry you have to live in what sounds like the Permian Basin. I'm posting from Lamb county by Lubbock and the Midland Odessa area has to be the ugliest in the country