I was in the business administration undergrad at a small commuter school. Most of us were either daft, lazy, have yet to cultivate a decent work ethic, don't take things serious enough, or are just terrible with regards to employment/school balance.

I was an idiot with poor work ethic. Procrastinated on exams, rarely did homework assignments, couldn't do proper research whatsoever, didn't really know why I was in college other than it being preferable to stocking items at Walmart. Mind you, I didn't particularly care to live past my teens in those days. Still, I did well in my later years, mostly because my work ethic improved over time (choosing to take the hardest core classes senior year may have had something to do with it) and because my peers were failing so miserably.

I remember in Financial Management, of which I was one of the few non-Finance majors, the bulk of the class was doing so poorly that the professor had to throw out numerous "extra credit" assignments to mitigate the damage. Half of those students didn't show up to class outside of exam day. Interesting to see all these new faces. I'm sure some had their reasons (my parents helped with paying for college, as well as loans), but more than a few just didn't give a shit. "C's get degrees" I'd learn, many of them had jobs already lined up once they got their paper- an uncle at GE and the like.

That said, I had a lot of classmates who were straight up stupid. Just... I wouldn't trust them to be my retail cashier. They also tended to be the most pompous and two-faced. At least one was on scholarship.

Funnily enough, I became better at critical thinking, writing, analyzing after college- mostly because I started to read books for leisure. If I could go back and do it again.... well, I'd pick a different major, but I don't think I'd do worse.