Question for my American friends - story research

[watervole]

What age do children go to college?

Do they have to pay for college?

What sort of things do people study there?

Can you go when you're older if you had to miss out for a couple of years because of money?

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[melodyclark.livejournal.com]

Now that you've received good answers, here are my smartass ones:

What age do children go to college? Not nearly soon enough.

Do they have to pay for college? For the rest of our natural lives.

What sort of things do people study there? Nothing that will make a decent income -- anthropology and such.

Can you go when you're older if you had to miss out for a couple of years because of money? Yes, but you're still not going to study anything useful.

Okay, sorry, I couldn't resist and I was bored.