> It also grows the intellectual souls, exposing people to far more depth of thought. As a (not so) recent grad from a top public university in the US - for ST

> It also grows the intellectual souls, exposing people to far more depth of thought. As a (not so) recent grad from a top public university in the US - for STEM fields, absolutely. But from my exposure to the humanities and liberal arts side of the campus, be it gen ed classes or just day-to-day interactions with those students, it was far more like a brainwashing factory designed to churn out professional activists. Those classes were far more about rote memorization and regurgitation of the professor's political opinions than any sort of critical thinking; diverge from that "Overton window" and your grades will suffer.