College students are always hearing about how they have it easy because school isn’t the real world, and boy are they going to have a rude wake-up call when they graduate. Turns out there’s some truth to that, but not necessarily in the way you might expect. According to researchers, if you’re a college student, you’ll stand the best chance of succeeding in life if you work hard and do well in the classroom and the least chance if you party your time away or just want to coast until graduation.