Man, I look back with the exact opposite sentiment. I went to a four year school (Cal Poly) which effectively forbade changing majors* - and forced you to pick a major upon entering. As a result, I spent far too many years getting a physics degree I regret every day of my life. AFTER getting the degree, I spent an extensive amount of time taking CS night classes at Santa Monica College, as well as some fun ones (including German, incidentally). I can't recommend it enough. Everyone who was there went because they WANTED to be there. You got to study the things you wanted to study (Assembly Language for the hell of it; why not??), and not whatever some damn curriculum decided was good for you. The professors weren't primarily frustrated would-be researchers who resented their students. You didn't have to take the one class which is offered once every two years to graduate, and oh it's full this time so I guess you'll be in college another two years! And it was so cheap as to be nearly free.

Mostly, it's weird to be in the position to tell young people that university is an enormous scam meant to sucker people who don't know any better into a gigantic mountain of debt that can never get discharged so you can learn a hell of a lot less than you would in the real world. Not only that, this debt is incurred to pay for football coaches, dorms fancier than any apartment you'll ever have, and administrators whose purpose seems to be introducing systems that necessitate more administrators. Exception for medical school, I suppose, since you can't really learn on your own when it comes to surgery.

* You could change to a non-impacted major - one with more spots open than students. If memory serves, this was none of them.