There is more to life (and college) than work (Score 1)

Go to college. Most of the school work will suck while you are there, but you will make friends that will allow you to be entertained while you are stuck pulling your bi-weekly all nighter to finish your latest Systems Programming assignment. Plus, those friends will get degrees and jobs too, and provide you with lots of good contacts when you are out looking for a job.

College is not about learning anything in specific about your future job. You will learn everything you need when you get there. But college will teach you how to learn things fast when you need to, how to work for days with little sleep when you have to, and how to relax and have a beer when you can.

Get an engineering degree. There is a lot more to life than computer science, and an engineering degree will get you plenty of exposure to chemistry, physics, and math. Dont underestimate what that is worth. As a sys admin at a small company, you are going to be expected to know a bit about electricity for power management and a bit about thermodynamics for heat managment, and who knows what other strange problems you will be expected to solve. As an engineer, you are trained to handle whatever problem is thrown at you.