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?

The more elite schools don't really want you to drop out. I know, because I make a half-hearted attempt to quit law school at Duke by simply declining to complete the mandatory mood court competition due to simply no longer caring about anything at all. They declined my request to quit.

They go out of the way to make you feel warm and loved. They really do.

Law firms, and employers generally, on the other hand, don't really care, so they will eventually fire you if you don't get the message. As happened to two of my friends that the smallish firm (100 attorneys) where I worked. One after 2 years and one after 11 years.