[growlybeard]

I do sometimes wish that I had "the college experience", the dorms, the parties, the social aspect and forming long-term friendships with people.

However, as it seems that the most common reason people go to college is to be able to get a good job afterwards, and I currently have a well-paying job that I enjoy very much (programming), and no college debt, I call that a success.

Having the "college experience" is not worth the thousands of dollars of debt that I see my friends and peers struggling to pay off, especially for those who did not go into a well-paying field like programming.