I saw leaving college as an opportunity to do something different with my life. I always thought that becoming an academic was going to be my path.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My favorite college experience was probably leaving college.
I could have probably been just as successful by not going to college, but it was the most intellectually stimulating environment that I was ever in.
When I graduated I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, but I knew I didn't want a conventional career.
I tried college and I hated that. I seem to quit everything I do.
I definitely had a hard time leaving for college because I'm not much of a risk-taker.
I had, before I went to college, I had taken a few years off after high school and really had, I guess in those days, I had no intentions of going to college.
I always knew when I graduated from high school, I'd go to college. I never thought about what I was walking away from... I just wanted to study literature and writing.
Like anyone who goes to college, you're leaving a familiar surrounding and a comfortable environment and your friends and everything, and you're starting fresh. It can be pretty daunting.
College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development.
I never went to college. But the structure I grew up with was planted so deep that when it came to doing business, I knew how to be disciplined, create teamwork, and persevere. It set me up to be an entrepreneur and a successful franchiser.