>>11623262Not necessarily true. I only got into one or two no-name state schools in high school because I spent 4 years dicking around and smoking weed my parents weren't around much.
Took a year off and worked then went to community college, discovered I really like math, and now I'm wrapping up my junior year at Berkeley.
I was obviously quite behind all the kids who grew up doing competition math but I worked hard and managed to maintain a 3.5 so far. I'll even get to take grad classes next year.
tl;dr it is definitely possible to be a fuckup/druggie in high school but transfer to a good college anyway.