[ryanyde]

Unfortunately Sam wholly misses the point of college: it's a social club / network. The issue is "for-profit" colleges and the common misconception that college is about skills / education, when it's really (again) an expensive country club.

Sadly, the further in your career you go, the more it becomes pertinent who you know, and how many people in your network succeeded and can pull strings for you.

It's not everything, but it's these breaks that often separate the smash successes and the grinders-for-life.

Getting drunk and party and studying for 4 years is a durable way to build bonds.

Hopefully most schools begin to focus on trades, and the Harvard / Princetons of the world just openly accept they're not for learning.