Four percent of American college graduates wish they had more sex while they were in college.
That’s nothing compared to the 48 percent who wish they had studied more, according to a poll published Monday by “60 Minutes” and Vanity Fair.
Amanda Whitaker, a 19-year-old UF business administration freshman, said she thinks studying should be a top priority, but many students don’t exert their full energy.
“You’re paying for school,” she said. “It needs to be important, and you need to spend a lot of time on it.”
The poll also reported that about 40 percent of American college graduates wish they networked more while in college.
“I would say that [networking] is critical,” said Ann Christiano, a UF public relations professor. “I see a tremendous difference in terms of job placement between students who have built those networks while they are in college and students who have not.”
The poll, which was conducted at the “CBS News” interviewing facility, randomly sampled 861 adults nationwide by phone from March 1-3.
In addition, the poll found that 68 percent of college graduates could not name the current president of their alma mater, and 86 percent of Americans don’t care if a friend or colleague was a member of a fraternity or sorority in college.
“A lot of people don’t care about campus politics,” Brent Smith, a 28-year-old UF alumnus, said. “Once people leave their college, they’re not that financially or emotionally invested in the actual academia of that institution.”
