Most people phrase the issue as either attending college or getting some boring job and missing out on the "college experience"...

The better model is to not attend college, but to hang around the college town and attend the clubs and associations...and network with the folks that are doing more than just attending classes...these will be your co-founders :)

The real stuff goes on at night when folks are working on their side projects.

The other benefit of this model is that you don't have mountains of debt from tuition...so you're able to take more risks later on.