College vs high school

I have been to a community college, which is significantly different than the ones that are in the cities, but I notice there are a lot of differences between high school and college in general.  In college, you are treated more like an adult and you have to make responsibility for yourself, which is not that bad.  The teenage ego-centrism and worrying about fitting in usually ends in college, and if you are worrying about fitting in, you won't fit in, because everyone is going through different paths.  In high school, everyone has the same goals, to graduate from high school and they are forced to be with the people that have spent kindergarten and even before that with. But in college, things are different.  People make friends more on their geographic region and career goals, and their backgrounds.  It is more adult.  Networking is the key when you become an adult. High school students are more focused on hanging out with someone who likes the same band or wear Hollister.  College students hang out with someone who lives in their same hometown, live in the same apartment, or taking the same major.  There are some college students that still have the high school mentality and they are the ones that are drinking, etc, crashing the parties or the ones that still can't give up being in choir, band, football to fulfill theiir egocentrism.

I think I am still egocentric and that is the reason why I am having a hard time fitting in the college environment.  If I have the more true college, "get the piece of paper  because the job and money matters, not popularity" attitude,  I think I am going to be better off.  It looks like if I am going to college for something, I will get a little more respect than if I am going to college for my generals.  People will think differently of me and I notice that when I was in a more technical program.  I even had a better chance with the ladies when I was going into IT or something instead of "going for generals."  I am just wanting a girlfriend because the "college girls Spring Break MTV mentality". That is an immature attitude about college and all it is marketing to get people into expensive universities.The true one that gets the college girls seems like is your guy that is 18 that is going on 50, who has his head screwed on and ready to take on the world and be more successful.  My relatives are right.  The college girls these age want someone who is going somewhere, and I should have some long term goals established in careers.  Traditional gender roles say that the men are supposed to do the breadwinning and I  should think about the $$$, not the love.  Love and $$$ go together.