You can tell she has little networking ability and little drive. They very fact that she made no connections with companies that might want to hire her in 5 years of school should tell you something.
You may be right. For those who think being “a cook” is easy, culinary school really teaches you how to manage restaurants - how to buy product, how to cut it up properly so that it serves 50 people IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY and serve exactly the same way. Culinary math is not for sissies. It was certainly my downfall and all I wanted to learn was how to properly chop and plate. (Did learn that!)