Anyone feel like college is a waste? Options

[Coomer]

Does anyone here feel like college is a waste of money, time, and effort?

To me, it's seemed like that since before I started. I've now almost got my AA, and I've learned some stuff, but not much that I really care about, and almost nothing that has helped me.

And if I go forward with my plans to go to Central Washington University and get my BA in computer science, I'm sure I'll learn a ton about computer programming and databases and stuff like that. But the problem I see is that I don't want to be a computer programmer or a database engineer.

I want to develop websites, and have my own business doing it.

I've got the knowledge to develop sites now, and what I don't know very well(OOP, ActionScript, etc.) I can learn on my own. I've always been able to learn on my own with the internet or a book, and I actually prefer it to learning in a classroom.

And as far as the business side of things, I'm confident that I can handle that too. I've invested a few hundred dollars over the last couple weeks buying books and such about the subject of web development businesses and business in general. And again, what I don't know, I don't need a class for. I can learn fine from reading.

So yeah, college seems pointless to me. Anyone else feel the same way?

[Crzybakerdog]

idk about you guys, but im finishing my first year as a comp sci major with a partial scholarship and i can say that i have learned more in my first year of college than i have throughout my 4 yrs of high school combined. now that isnt saying much to some people but to me basically relearning C++ all over again I can honestly say ive learned quite a bit about my major again and why i chose it, cause of the challenege. I will agree about the general classes being a waste of time such as english but since this is my first year i will be done with english and most of bulls. classes that are required and starting next semester i will be taking 3 out of the 5 classes towards my major and i can only see good things to come from that. plus in college life, I am not a very social person but i have met some really good friends and i am going to be living with them in a house next year. so the good times can keep rolling. Coomer i would agree that making websites with your own business in mind is probably not college bound but it probably wont hurt to take some business classes or at least talk to some business owners about their success and strategies that have helped them and you can learn a bunch from someone who has been there and gone the whole 9 yards. just my 2 cents