Ultimately you can probably be successful either way, and it has a lot more to do with your level of focus/engagement in what you do choose to do. But there ar

Ultimately you can probably be successful either way, and it has a lot more to do with your level of focus/engagement in what you do choose to do. But there are so many cheerleaders in the mainstream telling teenagers the only way to succeed is college that it's refreshing to see alternatives being spoken for. You definitely don't need to go to college to be successful. Just ask any of these drop outs or no-shows: Paul Allen, Richard Branson, James Cameron, John Carmack, Andrew Carnegie, Michael Dell, Barry Diller, Walt Disney, George, Eastman, Thomas Edison, Larry Ellison, Henry Ford, Bill Gates, David Geffen, J. Paul Getty, William Randolph Hearst, Steve Jobs, Ingvar Kamprad, Kirk Kerkorian, Ray Kroc, Ralph Lauren, Craig McCaw, Gabe Newell, John D. Rockefeller, Charles Simoni, Steven Spielberg, Dave Thomas, Ted Turner, Ted Waitt, Steve Wozniak, Frank Lloyd Wright, Orville and Wilbur Wright, and Mark Zuckerberg.