Take the job, and save the money.
I'm only 23, so it wasn't that long ago... I worked 2 internships while putting myself through college. Many of my friends partied hard, and their parents payed their way.
6 months after graduation, I bought a house.
They're all broke, paying rent, and living in apartments. I'm just as broke as they are, but building equity, and have something to show for my hard work. Next spring, my fiance and I will get married, and she graduates nursing school. We can make it (just barely) on what I make, now more than double that income, and we *can* pay off the house in <5 years, or save the money to buy an acreage in the country to build on.
*can* = assuming we don't have kids for a while
