sweet bro, engineering is not an easy program, but the payoffs can be big. and 4 years of school really isn't that bad...
you are a United States citizen right? you may have heard of this already, but check out this
DoD scholarship thing bro:
http://smart.asee.org/ the applications JUST opened yesterday, and you have until december to submit it.
basically they pay for your school.
they pay you thousands of dollars while you go through school.
and then they give you a job when you graduate.
pretty sweet.