What do you want to be when you get done with college?
DO NOT TAKE A YEAR OFF OF SCHOOL. Trust me, I sorta did that and it took quite a bit of willpower to sign back up.
During that year off I did take my Phlebotomy course though, so I did not exactly take a year off.
Study Study Study, the grades you get in college obviously reflect the rest of your life more than any other schooling.
Not taking a jab at your hospital thing at all (seeing as how it worked out), but try your best not to gather debt when in college, that way you wont be stressed out with that. I know my debt is driving me nuts...