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>Besides that, will it even do me that much good to have a degree from an unknown state university?

It won't make you a successful startup founder, but it will give you a ticket to employment as a member of the professional class. That's enough for a lot of people.

What state are you in? Why not go to the flagship state university while you figure out what kind of startup you want to do?

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I'm in Georgia, but I just moved here (ran away to the mountains) from Florida, and am a Florida resident. UF I guess is our "flagship school", but I'll probably need to spend more time at a community college to be eligible to transfer there.

Being employed as a member of the professional class isn't all that I aspire to, but there is no shame in that. The idea quite depresses me though.

This is almost certainly bad, over optimistic advice.

If the idea of being a member of the professional class depresses you try shooting for the stars before going to college because that's what college is preparing you for. If you want to do the startup thing, surely the thing to do would be move to the Valley, do open source stuff, and just keep trying.

Others below have mentioned taking AP and SAT-2 tests to place out of requirements. Also worth looking up, DSST, CLEP and Excelsior College Exams.

After living in GA for some period of time, you could be an in-state resident and transfer to GA tech. Atlanta is a great city and GA tech is a great school.

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