I fully second Dr. Lisa: finish and while you're there, meet as many people as you can.
You are surrounded by some of the best and brightest in the country... if you think your passion is to achieve mastery en route to promoting the greatest good, realize that you have more ability to start doing good RIGHT NOW than you will again in a long, long time... because right now, you are surrounded by the greatest gift you ever could have hoped would be dropped in your lap: talented, hard working, energetic people!
Afraid opportunity might pass you by? I'd be more concerned that it's knocking and you're yelling at it to go away! UT b-school is one of the greatest opportunities you could have ever dreamed to ask for... it can literally unlock the paths to the most powerful movers and shakers in the country... I have a good friend who went through UT; he's doing quite well for himself in a career that he made by his own design. I graduated from Wharton as an undergraduate, and I experience the value of college every day when I make a phone call and listen to people react to my academic pedigree, or when I discover that someone I need to talk to is a UPenn alumn.
College per se is not your issue. Courage is not your issue. Finding yourself and finding your purpose are not your issues. Your only issue at the moment seems to be that your perspective is not yet broad enough to let you recognize how much you have at your feet already... so I'd say, get back in the game, turn your brain down, focus on your work, and have fun. Go to the coffee shops, to ACL, football games, SXSW, and everything else Austin's got going on. Do your work and make friends with your class mates. Introduce yourself to everybody. You don't need clarity on how to "use" school. You just need to stop thinking about things and go DO them! |