Don’t. Just finish college. From the point of view of a college undergrad, "professional life" seems to be a dream. Like-> do work you like -> make a ton of m

Don’t. Just finish college. From the point of view of a college undergrad, "professional life" seems to be a dream. Like-> do work you like -> make a ton of money to do all the stuff you want. Adult life is messy. And work involves lot of stuff that you don't like. Don't be so eager to jump out to that. And people do amazing things in terms of work when being in college. If you want, choose to be content with 3.5/6 than aiming for a 4.0. Take minimal amount of courses. Enroll in MOOCs, learn new skills via innumerable resources available in the web. Do open source hacking. Join communities- both online and offline. There are immense opportunities for you to upskill. Also work during being in college. I worked while being in college (last year) and two years of Master's. It was hard in terms of time management, but I could take risks, learn whatever I wanted without any loss. (At worst, I would have been a vanilla CS MS). But I got preprints out, did a ton of side work, engaged in communities, did three major projects in R&D for a corp. It helped me immensely in my career. If you drop a year, you are going to lose momentum, and have a higher chance of not graduating at all. Then life would be hard. Also, if you do it alone without a strong support network, you will not end up gaining a lot anyway.