gapingvoid: "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards"

That seems obvious. But is not true. I remember my student parties very well.

students are not classified as "successful" in the common usage of the word.

Sure, you can be a successful student. You can also be a successful village idiot or successful town drunk.

what's the cut-off for young? and does it really get any cheaper with age?
Do the dollars and 'sense' ever add up!

i have never tried to (expletive) village idiots. But you have made a good point to think of success in "quality" and not "quantity" ;-)

You obviously haven't been to Asia?