If I could revisit / re-run a chunk of my schooling:

"Going to college" in the US generally means attending a 4-year institution that grants Bachelors degrees (but it could grant other degrees, too). You would generally start "college" after a 13 year process of kindergarten, elementary school, middle school or junior high, and high school (these terms vary a lot by region). Most kids starting college at this point are 17 or 18 years old, since most of them started kindergarten at 5.

Although you could probably get a 2-year Associates degree from "college," a school that only grants 2 year degrees would be called a "junior college," "JuCo," "Community College" or the like. Junior College students also frequently transfer to Universities after 2 years to complete a 4 year degree. There are also 2 and 4 year tech schools that often have "Institute" in the name -- but they could call themselves a "University", too. Funny, right? If you go to "college" you generally mean you're not going to somewhere with "college" in the formal name . . .

If you're getting your Masters or Doctorate, you'd probably say you were "in grad(uate) school".

Oh, curiously, most of the schools where you would "go to college" in the US would have "University" in the name. ("Where are you going to college this fall, Jimmy?" "University of Iowa"). A "university" usually grants degrees in more than one field and is made up of more than one "school" or "college" ("school of journalism", "college of liberal arts and sciences".)

And for the pedants -- and you know who you are -- there are exceptions to everything I've said. There are regional differences I haven't accounted for. There are other educational paths to follow. Primary and secondary education policies and practices vary from state to state. This is not a complete or exhaustive description of higher education in the US. I do not endorse the University of Iowa. Really, it's not my school, it was just an example. No, really.

Man, if I knew then what I know now about picking up women...how their minds work and all..I'd love to go back and be MUCH more successful with chicks.

Then..that would I assume, lead to a re-do of the college year...and more of the same with all those available girls around. I'd do better in school work too...but man, I wish I'd known what I know now back then when you had all the young, hot women around you all the time. I wish it hadn't taken me so long to figure out how to approach, talk and not be intimidated by them back then.

Its so much easier once you learn a few things, get some confidence and exhibit confidence to them.