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Originally Posted by ginkgo  In college they do not grade you on passion |
I'm not trying to argue with you, I just want to point something out.
Passion and grades in university need not be mutually exclusive. Those people you mentioned were all passionate in university. Sure, some of them found what they were looking for in university (Donald Trump completed his studies at Wharton, as did Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Warren Buffett from their respective schools, from my list) whereas some didn't (Bill Gates felt Harvard wasn't cutting edge enough in computers at the time, and Steve Jobs dropped out), but they all did well at their respective schools probably BECAUSE they were passionate.
I find that passion is strongly correlated with success in school. Why else would the top students be getting the top grades if not for passion?
Again, there are exceptions.