Hi, everyone!

Currently, I'm an early-entrance student at a university, prospectively majoring in CS. Unfortunately, the school I'm currently attending (which I do plan to transfer out of after I finish the time that would've normally been high school) is undoubtedly one of the dreaded "Java Schools." And I really don't want to be one of "those" CS grads.

So, I've been teaching myself a good bit of C++ and Python to branch out, but I want to be a better computer scientist in that I understand the theory of computer science; not a code monkey. So I understand that just learning more languages isn't the key. I may be able to take a course on data structures and discrete math next spring, but I'm not really sure how good that course is going to be.


Anyways, I was just hoping if someone wiser than I could give me some advice about what I should be doing. I'm willing to work, just not quite sure where to start. Maybe some recommended books as well?

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/CollegeAdvice.html

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePerilsofJavaSchools.html

http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/115252/why-is-scheme-my-first-language-in-university

http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html.