This can be an exceptional advantage as you will be able to network with these people throughout your professional career. You'll make friends for life, and that doesn't mean you won't make friends in high school either; However, you won't use the people you meet in high school as professionally as you would the people you meet in college. Franek says it best in his article “How a College Education Contributes to Long-Term Success in Life.” saying, “The friends you make, the clubs you join, even that randomly assigned freshman roommate, can all form the backbone of the social and professional network you use for the rest of your life.