A young adult (or anyone) should not go to college to find themselves. They should go to college because they know what they want to do and they know they need a college degree to complete that or enhance that objective. A college degree will not necessarily hurt you but if you do not know what you want to do - they are not necessarily going to help you either.
It won't be like you take one calculus class and discover that you love math. You might find that you are good at math but do you want to utilize that knowledge as your life long means of providing an income? Maybe you are good at math but love carpentry. A college educated journeyman carpenter will not be any better or worse than any other journeyman carpenter. The college educated one will be just four to five years older and most likely $50,000 to $70,000 indebt from college expenses.

Keep in mind also that the normal first two years of nearly every undergraduate college now is a repeat of high school anyway. So I encourage a...