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With all due respect to MariaDolorosa (who I don't know anything about), it's pretty stupid to go into debt $10K for 1 year of college and then quit. Seriously, that sounds like a meme.
What was your plan to begin with? Were your parents around to advise against that (clearly, in hindsight) foolish path?

Don't worry, I am not offended. I agree that it was extremely foolish. I typically do not like sharing things about myself, but it seems necessary here because I did not realize how ridiculous my former situation really appeared to be.

It was my mother and older brother who forced me, telling me it was too late for me to not go, since I was already approved for student loans. Father not in the picture. That should tell you enough.

My plan was to find a simple job like a little housekeeper. I wanted to save money so that I could afford to buy myself modest clothing, fix some health issues, and gain stability in order to properly catechize myself, and learn about the different vocations to see which one God was calling me to.

It was a matter of going to school or being homeless. Yes, my family is that cruel. I have had to seek refuge in the homes of traditional Catholic families. I am in better circuмstances now, thanks be to God.

I said it in hopes that other girls would not make the same mistake as me. 

That’s a big part of the problem. A lot of secular parents only advise their kids to go to college, not to think critically about it. My parents gave me literally no guidance other than the very clear expectation that I had better leave home upon graduating and “get a degree” so I could make something of myself. So that is 

Perfect boomer mindset. They tend not to give proper guidance and advice, just platitudes and general direction.

What should a girl do while waiting for her man to show up? Watch TV?

The issue is context for the most part. The context of higher education is more than just to learn the basics or get a classical grounding. 
By going there, it is implicitly communicated to her that this serves career (as opposed to simply work) . Some kind of job that requires more than just knowing how to read and write, and being physically able to move around and take commands. 

College communicates that there is something OUTSIDE the home for a woman. Something she can maybe have, if things go a certain way.

To work outside the home should be something a woman should fear, if she is balanced and normal. She should fear idleness also though.

Ideally if there is lots of work within the home then that is the best. After that work outside the home (especially if she genuinely needs to bring income to the home). But what's college for? Really? "Keeping the mind sharp" ? Whats that about? Can't she do that at home with a book and a computer?
And if someone thinks "oh she might meet someone". I say "REALLY?" . In a secular modern day college? Give me a break. These men are not exactly of St. Joseph angelic purity. It would be the exact equivalent of a man saying he was going to bars to meet his virgin bride-to-be.