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Stupid people are everywhere. Some just hide it better. At my private college, known for its Fulbright scholars and top notch admission standards, we actually downplayed the importance of grades in MS because it was more or less assumed everyone had to be bright to survive there--otherwise they'd be transferring someplace else. So what got me was how seemingly bright women with mensa level intelligence could let the deadly mix of perfectionism and low self esteem take them to places that they never should have gone. I saw as much in the way of eating disorders, drug use, sleeping around, and alcoholism as I probably would have at a larger state school. The scary thing was, you knew that these same people who acted like idiots drunk might well be the ones quoted in the Wall Street Journal or publishing in JAMA in a few years!!!
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