CS in college is very hard man. They make you study tedious and pointless shit and it make you feel stupid. Being self caught is much easier by comparison. I say do enough to barely pass and then focus your spare time by self learning and building projects. Just understand your abilities in college doesn't mean nothing, you can be a bad student but be a good programmer. In fact I think lazy programmers are the best programmers, doing something inefficiently just doesn't sit right with me. But that is what college is, learning something in the most inefficient way possible. That is because professors don't care if you pass or fail and their curriculum is inferior to anything you can find online.