Join the army, check out trade schools or apprenticeships, community colleges, there are dozens of other options that would be way more beneficial to a lot of people than fucking up their life for a piece of paper.
I have a friend who joined the army before she started college and she still just as stressed as the rest of us when she's 10 years older than some of her classmates
So? My mom didn't go to college till she was 37. I'm not saying there won't be any stress in another route, I'm saying that you shouldn't spend a hundred thousand dollars on a piece of paper until you're sure that route is right for you.
Nothing worth doing is easy, but that's no reason to make things harder.
Nothing worth doing is easy, but that's no reason to make things harder.