CMC students do not dress-up unless we have to. Then immediately afterwards, we switch back to the cargo shorts. The connotation of an ambitious, entrepreneurial student body is that it is cut-throat and extremely arrogant. First of all, CMC students are very helpful in terms of school work. Students are encouraged by professors to work in teams.
Students really do learn from each other.
Papers are dorm efforts, people critique and edit friends' papers and cover letters, study and do problems in groups, prepare for mid-terms and projects with teams, etc. We learn better in groups and from feeding off each other's strengths. Two heads are better than one, and CMC students trust each other that their peers won't try to screw them over. You will find that CMC students have no qualms about their desire to join the ranks in the professions. CMC is notorious for its impressive list of wealthy and prominent entrepreneurs and leaders.