The answer to your question can be found in Chapter Six of
this excellent novel. It is important to remember the poor background that Gatbsy had
and yet at the same time his massive hopes and ambition. However, his background and his
state of lacking the money necessary to be the great person that he dreams of being is
shown to be a force against which he has to contend. Note what the text tells us about
Gatsby's time at college in the account that Nick gives us about Jay Gatbsy's real
background:
An instinct toward his future glory had led him,
some months before, to the small Lutheran college of St. Olaf in southern Minnesota. He
stayed there two weeks, dismayed at its ferocious iindifference to the drums of his
destiny, to destiny itself, and despising the janitor's work with which he was to pay
his way through.
Thus we can
see that Gatsby dropped out because of his hatred of the low work that he has to do in
order to pay his fees, but also by the way in which he did not feel that the college was
aware of the greatness that he felt awaited him.
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