Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
Not knowing how to STAY in those elite situations (college, internships, etc.) once the material becomes more challenging and requires study skills/task persistence that the student has never needed to develop?

This doesn't really happen until you transition from the test-taking environment of school where raw intelligence is the primary factor to the world of work where ideally you should be able to, you know, produce actual work product.

It also doesn't happen during internships, although the summer clerk program at law firms may be truly alien in this regard.