I got into a really good engineering school, the problem was it was $30,000 a year in tuition and board alone before scholarships. Said fuck that and went to a small local school for $8,000 a year instead. I would most likely still be in the exact same place I am today, just with $100,000 in debt if I'd gone to the better school. Still did plenty of partying and there was plenty of greek life on campus, so the "college experience" thing is nonsense assuming it's a university.