Learning is the main reason people go to school. Students go to learn about the subject that they are most interested in pursuing as a career. They also go to college after they have achieved their career goal to better educate themselves about a job and other subjects that they are interested in learning more about. Some people go to school for years and gain multiple degrees in different areas of study. To some learning is fun and they use it like an educational playground.
People go to college because of pressure.
Most people feel pressure from many different places family, peers, school and ourselves. Most of the pressure comes from the person's family. Family is constantly trying to push you into things you do not want to take part in. Numerous people try to go to the same college as their friends. This is putting friendship before education.