So it's from a different field, but a valuable lesson. I once read an interview with Mike Liut, a long time goaltender in the National Hockey League. As a teenager he was torn between accepting a University Scholarship and playing Major Junior Hockey. At this point in hockey history approximately 95% of all NHL players had played Major Junior hockey and going to play University hockey in the U.S. was pretty much thought of as giving up on your dream of making the big time in exchange for a free education.

He was leaning towards the Major Junior route, which at that time usually meant that you had to drop out of school due the schedule. He was discussing it with his father who was in favour of the scholarship route. His dad finally said to him, "Son, if you're good enough, they'll find you". That convinced him to go the university route and of course his dad was right.

I think this advice applies to most things.