So get a job for a year and then start college with savings in the bank or better yet enlist in military and after 4 years use GI Bill...……….A full-time job (which is very difficult for people to have while completing school with good grades in a timely fashion) that someone fresh out of high school can get hired for (unless through family connections) doesn’t come close to covering the cost of living expenses, much less the cost of living expenses plus the added cost of school.
Of course if an 18 year old did that they'd miss the frat parties and as many die...……..