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If making money online is really what I want to do with my future, most of my college courses are a big waste of time. Whatever does prove to be useful in certain classes could be accomplished quicker and better by reading on my own. Does that mean I should drop out of college to work on my projects full-time? Here are a couple of problems with dropping out in my situation.

• Without scholarships and grants as a crutch for my living costs, I need a stable income that is large enough to support my family of 3. Furthermore, Kayla will be going to preschool soon, which I heard is pretty pricey.
• Without a college degree, there is not much to “fall back” on if my ventures fail in the future. In addition, a degree in my current major almost guarantees a relatively high paying job straight out of college.
• My family has settled into the on-campus family housing at Penn State University. Where would we move? And moving even within the local area costs a lot of money.
• My dad is such a strong advocate of education that it would take an enormous amount of persuasion and rebellion to drop out.

For the past three months, I’ve been struggling with this issue of dropping out of college, as outlined in the following 4 stages. But, finally, I decided to drop the cause and do my best to finish what I’ve started.

1. Frustration: I realize that my educational experience at Penn State is proving to be pretty useless for what I’m trying to accomplish.
2. Anger: I get pissed that my course work is eating up valuable time that I could be spending on making money online.
3. Sadness: After many rants, the near future is gloomy because of the slim chance of escaping college.
4. Acceptance: Without a better choice, I decide to make the best of my situation and to take advantage of what I have now.

I recognized that being in school while trying to start my business has its advantages too. First, especially at a large school like Penn State, there are resources that aid student entrepreneurs such as business accelerators and mentoring programs.

Second, I can lay low and slowly work on my business while I go to class, which ends up being a win-win situation even if a particular project does not fare well.

Most importantly, I have direct access to over 40,000 students here in University Park, PA. If I am creative enough, there are dozens of ways to make tons of money off of Penn State students alone. In particular, I have been thinking of ways to feed affiliate offers to Penn State students.

However, dropping out of college is still not totally out of the question. If one project does catch on to become enormously successful and if the income from that project would allow me to save up money for the long run and to invest in other high-budget projects, then I will probably quit school.