[auganov]

Well do you want to? Will you enjoy it? Will you indeed build a network that everyone is always talking about? Some people just thrive in an environment like that and can use it to their advantage. It gives them leverage. They're work it. If that kind of resonates with you then there's no doubt going to college might make some great things happen.

Otherwise I'd just cut every corner possible and get the diploma in like 2 years.

Personally schools just make me feel sick. And truly sick too. Since leaving school I've never been sick once. No need to skip school I guess. Oh and the whole "college is nothing like HS, THIS IS THE REAL DEAL" crowd. Gosh. No! They'd tell me the same stuff in primary school about middle-school. By the first year of middle school I was begging my mom to let me home-school myself. Wish had more courage to actually drop out of that.

Got no clue what's financially better. If you can thrive there do go! And leverage the hell out of it.

But whether or not you go do continue academia-level self-studying. There's little excuse not to.