Before the 20th century, with all its mass-scale standardizations, going to college when you were 14 or so was not so unusual, at least for people who liked academic subjects. The college curriculum is best absorbed when you have nothing else competing for your attention, like paying the rent and worrying about career.
You can get a Lord of the Flies education in human social life in high school. However, suffering through that did not teach me anything except to hate ordinary people. If you're not interested and ready to learn how to play popularity contests, being in a school for playing them might not teach you much, either.
Whether you graduate high school or not, whether you go to college or not, whatever you do, as long as you retain your physical health, you can easily start all over again at 25 or 30 (multiple times, even). You can even start again at later ages, though with less social support (and perhaps more freedom). The statistics-wielding scolders are telling you scare stories that don't apply to you.
You can get a Lord of the Flies education in human social life in high school. However, suffering through that did not teach me anything except to hate ordinary people. If you're not interested and ready to learn how to play popularity contests, being in a school for playing them might not teach you much, either.
Whether you graduate high school or not, whether you go to college or not, whatever you do, as long as you retain your physical health, you can easily start all over again at 25 or 30 (multiple times, even). You can even start again at later ages, though with less social support (and perhaps more freedom). The statistics-wielding scolders are telling you scare stories that don't apply to you.
Going straight to college from junior high school is an interesting move. http://www.43things.com/entries/view/2869199