This happened to me. It was my sophomore year at an out-of-state college. At the time I was suffering from bulimia and was generally a *ucked-up mess. I dropped out during my second semester (too late to even get back ANY money) and moved back home.

I ended up going back to school at home, but dropped out again a few more times. At age 30 I went back and graduated.

Moral of the story- dropping out does not mean you will never go back. It takes many people years to finally graduate.

As for home life- is there any way you can go live with someone else? What about getting a part time job?