yea.. its about who you know (cliche line..) but yea.. If you go to full sail, and nobody is really fuckin with you, then that education is being wasted on myspace rappers and such.
However if you learned everything from your homeboy and invested in some equipemtn, and go to the studio to fuck wit the real shit. And you network with a few industry people, you can end up doing something a little bigger, and bigger each time. You just have to be ready and not let opportunities pass you.