Is it normal to not go to college?

WTF - College doesn't guarantee you a fricking 50k plus job. It's all about you.

actually ive seen lots of story's comparing collage to the housing bubble
http://www.alternet.org/economy/151149/the_next_bubble_is_about_to_burst%3A_college_grads_face_dwindling_jobs_and_mounting_loans_/
i`d pass if its inconvent :/

in my country it's a luxury to go to college.i'm hoping that next year i'll go cuz i'm sitting this one out.but then again i'm going to work this year and if i like my job and it pays decently, then why waste my time in college?

You have four options:

A)You go to college and become succesful in life making $50,000+.

B)You dont go to college and flip burgers for the rest of your life making less than $10,000 a year.

C)You rely on your parents to buy you food and provide you shelter until they die.

D)You sell your ass on the street for money and live off that.

Well I did not go but I don't have the greatest job. Though its very difficult since half the schools in my country are frauds and don't have any accreditation. Which is so irritating. Though if you cant go into business. A lot of entrepreneur make businesses with nothing but a high school diploma.

College is becoming too important... It used to be, you wanted a specific job, so you went to school to learn for that specific job. Now, you go just to get a job in the first place. I know too many people with degrees and certifications flipping burgers right next to people who never had the opportunity.

I've chosen not to go because it was far too expensive for me, and I didn't want to put my husband and myself into deep debt.

I went into the millitary and got some of college free, got Phd in heart surgery, and I'm only 3 thousand until a million dollars!!!

Its good to have extra schooling if your aiming for a certain job in perticular !

i flunked college cuz im a lazy bitch, but fair play to you lot who stuck with it in school. you have made life easier for ur selves by completing college.

Yes, you don't have to go if you don't want to.
everyone have a choice

it's your personal choice. i just graduated high school & i'm going to college next year.

but life isnt always about just making money or being "successful"
college teaches you a lot more than just knowledge and technical skill, you discover yourself, you learn to be independent. it forces you out of you comfort zone and challenges you to be your absolute best, you meet some of the most amazing people, people from all over the county/world who have the same interests or talents as you, and you get to get to live out of the house away from your parents with all of your friends.
i know its hard to get into, and to pay for, college but its always worth a try. the work is hard but its fulfilling and its a big change but it is a wonderful adventure.

Meh you don't need college to be succesful in life. You can pick a trade and do way more money than people who spend 5 years in college. Look at teachers barely make 40k a year and spend almost 5 years in college?

but if ppl go to college they will find a better job and get paid more money than they ever will without college unless they become famous or sum get rich quick scheme

You got two options:

1) work for someone else - get a trade, get some education, it'll help you get paid more.

2) work for yourself - do whatever you want. However, depending what you do sometimes people like to see that you're educated (Dr. Phil anyone?)