25+ years ago, when my wife and I finished college, that allowed you to walk into just about any job you wanted. Not true today. If kids aren’t majoring in “in-demand” fields, they are really wasting their time and their parents money.
As far as the connections thing I mentioned, I’ve seen that strategy work out well for both “morons” and “non-morons”–OM. Hopefully there are more in the “non-moron” category.