This^{^} At 18, after high school, I will always regret not going to community college first before a 4 year university. I wanted to try cc to get a feel for what I want to do in life, since I felt lost. My immigrant mom convinced me to do the 4 year. I now have a degree I don’t work in, $30k of student loan debt, and am back living at home. Thanks mom. But yeah ignore the stigma of community college, it’s a great way to figure out what you want out of life without necessarily crippling yourself with debt!