schools and have rich parents and the first time they go out of their "parent's protection zone", they rebel and exhibit "catch up with the crowd bad behavior" to try to impress. However generally ND guys are pretty responsible, good compassionate guys. I am a grad, was lucky to get in,(on the waiting list even before they accepted females). I went during the Viet Nam era and I saw a lot of wasted talent because people were rebelling, but I saw a lot more people who went on to be quite successful who remained genuinely good people.
I just find it so true that people that are miserable on this board are generally liberal thinkers who are disappointed in their lives. The people that are conservative, mostly successful, but even those not as successful, still have an optimistic tone.