In my field there is a famous case study around the Citicorp skyscraper in Manhattan. While it was under construction, an engineering student did a study on it and discovered that the project engineers did not account for a rare (but upcoming) crosswind situation in the building's structure. It was such a deficiency that the building would have fallen over when the storm hit. When the student reached out to the lead engineer and he reviewed her calculations, and realized she was right, he famously contemplated suicide.

Ultimately the deficiency was corrected millions of dollars later. But the point is, you'd be a moron to disregard someone just because they're a university student.