Yes, and I think it just changes your own idea of what's acceptable. In my college, I probably ranked pretty high on "articulate and driven" so there was no mo

Yes, and I think it just changes your own idea of what's acceptable. In my college, I probably ranked pretty high on "articulate and driven" so there was no motivation to elevate that. At MIT, I would have probably been below average on these categories, and you don't want to be below average so you naturally do it more and better.