I totally agree with flyer that success in life post college (after obtaining a degree) is where the rubber meets the road.

So far, I haven’t had any “boomerang” kid(s) on my doorstep needing a place to live due to being too busy “making bank” in the Silicon Valley. You are entirely correct, flyer, that “connections” are ultimately what gets a recent college graduate’s foot in the door … it doesn’t matter WHO made the “connection” … only that it was made. After that, it is all on them so “work ethic” also matters. No hiring mgr in the “real world” is going to give one whit about where their job applicants attended elem school, middle school or even HS.

My last kid is leaving for college next month and I don’t expect them to ever return to SD County to live, either, when so much better opportunities exist elsewhere in the state.