I think regardless of background, big hs school/little hs school, city, town, farm we all acquired the underlying skill sets growing up to rise to the challenge of college.
Marlatt might as well of been a Greek house. It comes down to who you align yourself with, who you want to model your behavior after, who you find beneficial in your network.
I had no brothers, but I did have a neighbor I grew up with who went to kstate 2 years before I arrived. When I got there he let me hang around with his circle, which helped me immensely because they were all pretty serious about school. Several of those early acquaintances are still friends today.
Marching band provided access to another social network with the added benefit of being co-ed. My wife and I marched beside each other.
Tom
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100%. That's another reason I'm a big proponent of college. It was the greek system for me, but it's the same idea if you have other groups to go to and be a part of. That's a biggie for me and why I definitely want my kids to go to college. I'd be fine if they came up with a good plan otherwise, but for me it was being around different people and learning from them moreso than what I learned in classes. I'd be a wildly different person right now if I hadn't met and learned about so many different people with different experiences and backgrounds.
