[Christien]

It took a page and a half, but some people here finally got around to the point that college or university isn't JUST about getting a job.

Think of it like this - you go to a gym to train your body to be strong and healthy. You will gain the ability to, say, lift a certain weight or do a certain type of work, but overall you're gaining a healthy and strong body. This is exactly what university does for your intellect. It doesn't matter what you study, it's the fact that you're strenuously exercising your mind. This is what university will give you that will last with you the rest of your life.

And snipe, add me to the list of people who disagree with you. The world is full of mediocre artists, and I suspect a large part of that mediocrity is lack of knowledge of other arts and the general world around them. I'm not at all suggesting your art is mediocre - I've never seen it, so I couldn't judge. But the best artists have drawn from their world experience. Some of the worst artists, ironically enough, are those that never get out of the university system - it can be a vacuum too.