There are four areas in which to benefit from going to university:
The academic side: the opportunity to study in depth a subject you love or that will be useful to you, from (hopefully) great academics of the field.
The social side: meet people who might become your friends for life, or your future spouse. Have a rich and intense social life before career and family take over.
The networking side: meet people, whether students or academics, who will be useful to you in your future career.
The extra-curricular side: student journalism, debating, politics, music, drama, sports etc. Follow your hobby like never before. It might even become your career instead of your major.
Obviously the four are not disconnected. But you can probably only go all in on one or two.
But then the cost. You need to decide whether it is worth it for what you will get out of it (that being some combination of the four areas above).
The academic side: the opportunity to study in depth a subject you love or that will be useful to you, from (hopefully) great academics of the field.
The social side: meet people who might become your friends for life, or your future spouse. Have a rich and intense social life before career and family take over.
The networking side: meet people, whether students or academics, who will be useful to you in your future career.
The extra-curricular side: student journalism, debating, politics, music, drama, sports etc. Follow your hobby like never before. It might even become your career instead of your major.
Obviously the four are not disconnected. But you can probably only go all in on one or two.
But then the cost. You need to decide whether it is worth it for what you will get out of it (that being some combination of the four areas above).