I'm often asked if I plan on dropping out to start a company. Plenty of people see school as being absolutely useless, but the older people I speak to (30+) tell me to stick in school, party my butt off, study abroad, and have a good time. In the past year alone, I've gone back and forth on the two ideas. In the end, I've decided not to. Here's why:

This past summer, I was almost set on dropping out. I finished high school before I turned 16 and decided that I was too cool for school. I felt tempted by the success stories of Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and many others. Only problem being that my very early experiences turned me into an arrogant little child. I've since spent hours speaking to seasoned entrepreneurs, including my loved mom and dad, about the importance of college for a young person like me. We decided that I need college more than most people BECAUSE I finished high school early. I never got the normal childhood experience.

Big shocker: To be quite honest, I can't name more than a few people besides my parents who understand who I am beyond the superficial level. There's more to me than most of you can ever fathom. Most people see me in one of two ways:

1) I'm an arrogant brainchild who's destined for failure.

2) I'm smart and destined to do great thing. My positive reputation is well deserved.

And with great honesty, I see myself somewhere in between. I'm smart enough to be in college, but I'm not smart enough to be able to drop out. I've accepted the fact that I'll often write incredibly stupid things on my blog only to regret having written them hours later. Fact is, I'm still learning. I'm still a teenager and it's very easy for people to forget that. The expectations people have on me is incredibly high. If anything, my Asian parents have lower expectations of me than anyone else does because they understand that I'm still a kid, regardless of how mature I may seem. As a teenager, I still don't know who exactly I am or where I'll end up being in 5 years.

But a few things I know for certain: I'll stay in college for all four years and still get my degree before turning 20 anyway. And once that happens, I'll be ready to focus full time on a company I'm passionate about.

Jessica Mah is a 17 year old entrepreneur, blogger, and sophomore in college. She's currently the founder of a startup, managing editor at Startupism.com, and Jessicamah.com.