yep, kudos to those who encourage the college route, how many high school drop-outs become super star traders later in life? Its all on probability , do some research and you'll find out.
I wanted to be a local too couple years back, but I never did give up on my college education while swing trading index futures and fx by the line. I just graduated with a major in Finance and got a job in a bulge bracket investment Bank - best of both worlds.