Hey Gazzien,
I was thinking about one of your posts, how you said you were trying to get to 15 TPA. It suddenly occurred to me, though it may not be news to you, that your simultaneous membership in the Pathfinder Society is actually quite fortuitous. The main obstacle in gaining prestige with the Kitharodian Academy is that not only are you not there, but it's exceedingly far away. Gaining prestige in the Academy is all variations on a theme; professors observing your skills. But you're nowhere near any of the professors to be observed, no matter how many demonstrations of your skills you make. However, if your skillful exploits are published in some Pathfinder Journals (and with the cooperation of the DM, they could be), then your professors could hear about them.
Under this pretext, you may not need to return to the bard college except very infrequently. I would assume it's like most bard colleges in that the learning is considerably self-directed, what with the students being so independent. That being the case, you may have thought that you would learn more traveling abroad, even if you did not want to revoke your attendance status at the academy.
In any event, a character tie-in we might want to consider is that you and I met on my travels. Adventurous as you may be, you might not have wanted to go as far as Brevoy, but I may have convinced you to come, saying there would be many opportunities to display your virtuosity and great need for your powers. For indeed, bards being what they are in a fantasy world, they can be very useful to armies, and are at least entertainment for the court. It may have been hard for you to find a position in courts that were already established. But if you befriend someone before he becomes a king, you've got a foot in the door...