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[quote=Anonymous]As a professor, I would say wait until he wants to go.  In the long run he'll have better job security as well as the more intrinsic benefits of education if he completes a 4 year degree, but you don't get those benefits from college if you're not motivated.  I would put your college savings on hold for later access if you have them, let him do this full-time, but encourage at least one community college class a semester to just keep him in that mode a bit--perhaps related to financial accounting/business management.   He may feel out of step with his peers and decide he wants the residential college experience once he realizes what life is like without school/friends around and then it's just a gap year--and given covid, it's not a bad time to have something fruitful else to do.  Encourage him first to invest in a Roth IRA and then learn enough about business to set up his taxes where he can invest more in his retirement.  This will be very freeing if/when he switches gears.[/quote]

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