Does a weak start in seeking knowledge, committing sins, and having a low previous academic level affect the possibility of one becoming a distinguished and diligent student of knowledge in the future?

The questioner must strive to acquire religious knowledge and correct his intention, and he must turn away from the whispers with which Satan discourages him. Not all scholars sought knowledge at a young age; many of them sought it in their old age. And the questioner's statement: "And Allah did not make me one of those whom Allah chose in eternity past" is a form of invalid argumentation by divine decree.