meaning of life

I have a question that has been plaguing me.

Why are you going to college? Is it so that you can get a good career?

I've been looking around myself at my fellow college students and I can't help but wonder why they're here. Are they honestly motivated by a need for a career? Are they truly in pursuit of a reality that consists of repetition and ritual?

What is the meaning of life? What actions would one person have to accomplish to have lived a meaningful life?

In English we are learning about existentialism. In this philosophy, life is meaningless. We read a book by Albert Camus, "The Stranger".