<p>The key words here buddy are, “Back when you could earn enough to pay tuition”. I dropped out of college for about a year and had this guy’s same idea: I was going to save enough money up to be able to pay my own way through college. However, what happened is I just wound up working crappy jobs and wasting an entire year of my life. In this day in age, it almost seems like you have to have some type of degree or certificate in order to have any type of decent paying job what-so-ever. </p>
<p>I have a question for the OP: If you feel that you just can’t hack it in college or whatever, then why don’t you try going to some trade school and become like a medical assistant, an HVACR guy, a welder, or a medical billing specialist? Those classes are technical and are not academic what-so-ever if you go to one of the more hands-on schools. Just choosing not to go to school period in our Meritocracy of a nation, is a very poor choice.</p>