Watch out, "college" in US English means "university", while "college" in French means "high school". Your sentence "if not I guess I would have stopped after

Watch out, "college" in US English means "university", while "college" in French means "high school". Your sentence "if not I guess I would have stopped after college diploma (BAC in France)" does not mean what you think it means. You meant (I believe, correct me if i'm wrong) that you would have stopped after high school (i.e. when passing the final "baccalaureate" exam). PS: note however that the baccalaureate diploma is in fact (this is a little-known fact, even in France) a University degree in France. it's the first univ degree that exists in the French education system, it sanctions the end of high school. Weird, I know.