For me, faculty connections were worthless. The real driving force behind my college education was the quality of my peers. They forced me to study extra hard a

For me, faculty connections were worthless. The real driving force behind my college education was the quality of my peers. They forced me to study extra hard and learn the material incredibly well to fight for an A. I suspect this will be the case for most people: if they're measured against a population with a high mean, then they'll be forced to work harder to keep up.