Wussy? Heck no.

The thing is though, you need a college degree to make good money. And not some degree like english or philosophy. You can make good money at a non-college degree job, but it will take a much longer time to reach that level.

That in no way means you need to go to college to have a good life. But your options are limited if you don't, and unless you have some skill like computer programming or networking, you're going to need to work your way up the ladder for years.

That's from my perspective, though. If you know of a trade you like, it might be great for you. I don't know if you've tried summer jobs in construction or something like that.

One point though; you seem to have a beef (rightfully so, IMO) with rich snobs deciding on which Ivy League school they want to go to. Wasn't such a big problem for me on the west coast. Unless you're some sort of genius, I say just ignore the Ivy League and find a good state school, because that's where the best value in education is.

CR