Just keep in mind that anything you want badly enough is worth the work it takes to get there. Keep working on your studies. The sooner you finish, the sooner you get out of there. You will need more than high school to find better than a McJob. Didn't you say that you wanted to go to Simon Fraser U? That place has the most incredible view you could imagine! Sometimes I drive up there and play "tourist", staring around as though I'd never seen the place. You would love it.