It seems Skyrim is rather forceful about you joining the College of Winterhold. In order to complete the Main Quest, for instance, you need to join the College, and there is also a major side-quest in the game that requires College membership to complete. Kinda puts a damper on the roleplaying when you are trying to do certain quests a certain way and then you are forced outside of your character's expertise just to continue things. My Bosmer is an archer, always will be. He rarely uses magic, most of the time Alchemy suits his needs just fine. But so far, I count two quests (one Main, one Side) that forced membership to the College of Winterhold on me. And now that the quest has kicked into gear, it just seems wrong to ignore it.
But I don't care. I've got what I wanted, so the College can go spin. My Guild is the Thieves Guild, and I have no intention of being a member of any other any longer than absolutely necessary to suit my needs.
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