I started out at a private college back in 2000 straight out of high school, messed around for a year, didn't take it seriously, had a horrible GPA, and dropped out. Worked off and on for the next decade or so and traveled, and last spring started attending a 2/4 year public college nearby. First semester was a little rough, but I have a 3.63 right now and had all A's at midterm this semester so hoping for close to a 3.8 after this semester. I'm transferring to a 4 year school about 2 hours away with an excellent history program this fall, to do the last 3 years of a 4+1 BA/MA program.
I concur with all the gen ed haters here. I could live without my human bio lab course, and the adolescent psych class I got stuck in.