I was born here, which means it wasn't my choice either, but now that you're here, it's your duty to serve in the IDF.
If everybody says "I don't want to join the army, it isn't for me - I want to go to college and see the world", then we wouldn't have an army that can protect us, now would we?
You were saying that you're here since the 8th grade (age 13-14), so I guess you know how crucial is the IDF to Israel, we do fight our way day and night for the last 5,000 years, only for being Jewish.
For one thing, you think about the army the wrong way. You say you want to go to college, well, the army can be a part of that. It's called "Atuda" and you can be a student while serving the army.
Anyway, for most girls, the service is full of experiences that most people in the world will never participate in. Maybe you should hear more about it from a female soldier, but there are many jobs that are pure fun, or at least, very interesting. It's a very good feeling to know that you're doing something so important and critical to the safety of the Israeli citizens.
Since you all about interests, here's an incomplete lists of benefits that serving the army gives you:
1. You will meet a lot of interesting people, that can help you later in life
2. Some of the closest friendships started while serving the army. You might just find some true friends
3. This is a one-time experience which only few across the world went through, and will probably be more interesting and exciting than everything you'll go through in your entire life.
4. Finally you're going to feel belong to somewhere. You'll be a part of the Israeli society
5. After 2 years of hard work (or easy work, depends on what you choose to be), you are more likely to succeed in whatever you do later. I have a hard time telling you this, but you're too selfish and immature. This is not the kind of people that other people like, and being immature will not help you go through college. How are you going to convince yourself to wake up every morning, do all the homework and do other assignments that might arouse? Army does that for you, the switch between "I want to" and "I have to".
Well, it's a really long list and I'm a really busy man, so I'll better stop before it gets too late.
Choose wisely