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You should consider creative schools like FIT instead of dropping out completely. If you drop out completely you should have an idea and sales plan, but you haven’t described having any idea or anything.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
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I've actually already long ago narrowed down 2 solid connections who will guarantee me full time roles, in the case that university somehow doesn't work out for me. These roles pay an above average salary too. I'm also always on the lookout for better paying or more interesting opportunities.

I did not include these details in my post as it was getting way too long. Don't want to bore people out of helping here.

Oh ok so you wrote a TLDR and left out the most important detail. 

What kind of jobs are they? 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

You're only a year into university - what about transferring to a school near the FT roles so you could do part time classes, or arrange some sort of co-op with either role?

It is totally fine to go a different path than finance, but I wouldn't drop out of university altogether. Even if you get a decent paying job now, your prospects down the road - 2nd/3rd/4th job, any promotions - will be seriously hindered by not having a college degree. Even creative roles like to see a degree

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Yeah this is good advice. My sister went into fashion design after college with Levi's and then later got a Master's in Product Design and went to Restoration Hardware. The degrees definitely helped her on the journey. Especially when switching companies

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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