Hey, good news.
I can exactly relate with you and I know what is causing your trouble. I'll be glad to share what I've learned. I'll spend an hour or so typing up my next post.
Ok... finally finished. I hope it helps you. It was so long I had to put it into 2 posts. The second one is after the first one.
How not to be a headless chicken.
I explained in the 2nd one why you felt smart in the high school and not now. I felt the same way last year.
I'm not really sure right now how coherent those two post where, but I spent enough time on them...and I'm starting to feel like a headless chicken myself, and you have something due in 2 days, so I thought I'd just post as it is.