[cpher]

Try thinking outside the box. I have a BA in Biology and MS in Environmental Science, yet I'm a software developer today--applying my knowledge of the engineering and environmental disciplines to computer science. It sounds like you're interested in applied computer science and I can't think of a better way to do that than to merge it with some other discipline. Even schools like MIT (spec. the Media Lab) apply CS principles to solve industry problems or blaze new trails.

Since hindsight is 20/20, I wish I'd double-majored in CS and biology (back in the 90's), but you eventually find your niche and you can always keep learning. I took a summer school course in CS at U of Illinois U-C while working full-time and married. So don't think that all of your knowledge will come in those 4 years.

I think the best argument for college is the immediacy for learning, networking w/ classmates (not social, rather intellectual), and developing the self-discipline to meet a well-defined goal. My wife has a doctorate in Music, and watching her accomplish that goal was enlightening. Yes, there's lots of b.s. to wade through, but that's exactly what's waiting for you on the other side.