I wish i was in your situation... I failed my first year of college and since then, my parents have cut me off, I have to pay for tuition and my airplane tickets back to Europe (where i go to college).
Wait, wait, waittt a minute ... you want to give up going to college and your parents financial support for what? To "experience" life? Sorry but to me "experiencing life" isn't giving up the things that I have going for me to do what? Live in an apartment that you're already complaining about, work everyday at a job you probably will not like that much, and party? Wow...Have you even thought about this? Sorry to rip on your "dreams" but I just don't see your logic. I used to have this same idea buddy but I smartened up and did the right thing. You need to look at your pros and cons here. Stay in college for only 3 more years. Come out with a good job making, I dunno, lets say 50k a year. You'll be what 22 with a 50k bankroll? That 510 a month that is going to be nervewrecking now will be chumpchange then. Not to mention the fun you have in college, the girls, the partys, and the entire experience. To me that is the first step in experiencing life. Once you get out you will have plenty of money to really experience what you want. You can travel to places you couldnt dream of going now, buy nice things, and have a way better apartment. If you were my son I would do the exact same thing. Sorry but I'm going to have to agree with your dad on this one. Get out of your youthful personality for a second and think about this.
I'm kind of in the same boat but not really. I did 2 semesters and did poorly, now I'm not going back but I'm still going to a community college so I can stay on my parents health insurance. You should think about doing the same. You better have a nice ass job to be able to afford rent by yourself and food, gas, etc. Living is expensive and as much as living on your own sounds cool, falling on your ass because you realized you made a huge mistake does not. Stick it out and live with your parents, man, trust me.
510 a month for a fully furnished apartment with utilities? Thats fucking cheap. Here you have to pay over 600 for an empty studio in felony flats, complete with loud neighbors and paper thin walls. Get a room mate, they help lower the rent... also look into easy recipes for food, so you're not stuck with top ramen and cheetos.
You would disown your child for making their own decision? And I'm not sure a private religious college is really THAT full of "parties" and "girls" like a secular college. You have your whole life to go to college, you have your whole life to learn and make your own decisions. Sometimes you have to make mistakes in order to figure out that your parents were right... which I would hope parents are smart enough to know, but in this case they obviously aren't. OP: I had the same issues with my parents and sex... You just got to let them blow off some steam, once they see you're a person and not some puppet they get to control and dictate, it gets better.
Do as you wish, but consider that it's much easier to "experience life" if you have a solid foundation. Education is the best possible way to ensure that you'll make enough money to support yourself throughout life. In fact, college in and of itself is an "experience" that no one should miss. So many people think they're sacrificing life and freedom by going to school, but your time there is just about as good as it will ever get. Trust me. If I were you, I'd suck it up; go to the school your parents chose; suck it up and do well; then transfer somewhere else after having improved your grades. I'm not you, though. Just think about what you're doing before you come to any final decisions.