[EricH]

Sooner or later, you WILL get a wakeup. There's a reason I took 5 years to graduate college, and that reason wasn't my first year. It was my second year.

See, in the first year, most colleges like to get the general stuff out of the way. By the second year, you've still got some of the general stuff (but it'll be spread-able through your remaining time), but you'll start getting your major-specific courses. Or should I say, your major-specific "Weeder" courses--the type of courses that if you pass 'em, you should have a relatively simple time the rest of the way (and the concepts will stay with you), but if you don't pass 'em, you may want to think about your career path. (Don't forget to retake those courses!)

In my case, I hit Dynamics, Intro to Solid Mechanics, and Diff. Eq., 'long about the second semester of my second year. The only course I passed that semester was Physics II (and its lab). Insert retakes, and another year in college. I did manage to make my escape eventually, just not in the 4 years I wanted to.

So, just like everybody else: Go find something to do that ISN'T programming/robotics, and then go find something that challenges you in the programming realm. I hear some helicopters and quadcopters want to be programmed to find their way through mazes (don't remember the competition, though)--that oughta keep you busy for a couple years or so.