It depends on the kid. There are several kids from our school district who went off to college and flunked out due to having too much fun. These are kids who had too much handed to them along the way. My kids are very grounded despite the environment they've grown up. They have not been spoiled. They are/were honors students taking difficult courses. They understand how I feel about education. My daughter graduated from college PBK. She had 75% of her college paid for by academics and athletics. Now the surplus is available for law school. My son's joke is if I had a bumper sticker on the car it would read, "My kid is an honor roll student or I'll kick his a$$."