I'm in college (sophomore), but my only reason for going to it is to be in the ICPC competition because as far as I know there's no other cp competitions near me that you can go to as easily. Right now I don't care about having a college degree because I don't think I would care what job I have and college and high school have sapped me of my energy too much to be worth it.
My parents (who have failed to convince me) and a professor I talked to say there's a value to a college degree but before I talk to them more about it I would like to know if anybody else has been in a similar situation and what they did or if you have anything to say about my plan.