Shit
@Squiddy I didn't realise that was your story, that's fucking reeeealllly unlucky!
[The whole time travel thing is an issue in itself, I'm surprised that given the brain boxes on this forum it's not been discussed yet (if it has, I missed it)], but buying into the OP...
I'd not drop out of college. Maybe if I'd have gotten to university a year earlier then I'd have met the most wonderful girl in the world before she fell for someone else.
When I come to think about it. the two times I've dropped out and hoped someone would help me have been the biggest mistakes of my life. Personal responsibility FTW.