I will suggest you read a few biographies. Bill Gates and Madonna are both college drop outs. It doesn't appear to have hurt either of their careers. On the other hand, looking around me, it seems to me that more educated people tend to have a somewhat smoother experience of life. Those who were born with talent seems to take it really hard when the run into situations they aren't innately well equipped to handle.

That doesn't make college the automatic right answer. I think you need to find some historical or public figures that you can identify with in some way and see how the handled it and see if you can infer if which path seems like the better fit for you personally.

I can argue it in either direction if I care to (for college or against college). But that doesn't answer the question as to which is the right answer for you in specific.