People aren't taught how to utilize college properly. It's always 'Get degree, magic happens'. Which might have worked at one point, but the environment has changed, drastically, and people need to recognize this.

If there's one thing I could hammer into people nowadays that I had to learn the hard way - never, ever graduate college without having a job lined up and locked down. You should be using your last year taking 'easy' classes and wringing every last drop of advantage over the social network you've built up amongst all your college professors to get yourself a nice lock-in. This is critical. I'd go so far as to put off graduating if need be. It's that important.