Man I hate seeing people do this. Don't ruin your future over the 'tism and anxiety. There are plenty of sperglords who go to my college, evidenced by the fact that they're fat, have wannabe emo hair, chains on their black cargo shorts and portable e-hookahs. They seem to to relatively fine in pursuing their video game designer pipe dreams.
He needs to learn what a Pell grant is. Free monies to get your undergraduate. If he was actually motivated and desired improvement, he'd find a way to fund college. Not only that, the only way to get over social anxiety is by exposure therapy, which the college environment provides for free provided you have the balls to confront your problem.
What he doesn't seem to realize here is that people with passion use that to actually work for what they want, and work hard at it. It's almost as if he believes "passion" to be some inborn gift that exempts him from having to put in work to establish credibility and grow as an artist and person.
