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by Upgrayyed_U 1652 days ago
I wish I would have partied more in high school and studied more in college. I didn't learn until too late that getting into a good school (at least back in the late 90s) came mostly down to raw intelligence and a bit of luck. The competition wasn't nearly as intense as it is now.

In college, I partied too hard at a time when I really needed to buckle down and improve my study skills. As a result, I dropped out, joined the military, and wound up down a much different life path than my collegiate peers who stayed the course. Things worked out fine in the end, but I feel like I would have had a more personally rewarding path if I would have stayed in school.

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>came mostly down to raw intelligence and a bit of luck.

That's not true it's always come down to how much money you have, and a bit of luck

Fair enough. Hard to argue with that.