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What college did Bill Gates drop out of before founding Microsoft?

MILAN, ITALY-NOVEMBER 18, 2004: Microsoft's founder and CEO Bill Gates attends the Futur Show convention, in Milan.
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Sometimes I fantasize about being a founder of some hot new technology company that revolutionizes the world and makes me a bazillionaire. Then I remember that takes actual work and I go back to watching reruns of the "ALF" cartoon.

Although apparently if I wanted to really hedge my bets, I would have gotten into a prestigious university only to drop out and start my business. Perhaps that's where it all went wrong.

Except for Bill Gates, things went super right from the moment he became a college dropout to focus on Microsoft. Which school did he bail on?