<p>“the increased likelihood of building a network of friends/acquaintances who will be successful people in their respective (non medical) fields”
-And this has never been lacking in D’s life who has spent most of her free time (always!!) surrounded by friends, who are still very close and she continue pile them up (so to speak)…since the age of 3, yes, many are going that far,…
I guess for those who are less of a “socail butterfly” that might be great. But no college friends as close as they get would be as close as those who you have since you are 3 - 5 y o and multitude of them.</p>