With so many smart and driven people, are students willing to cooperate or do they fear competition? Is sabotage a thing?
Nobody sabotages anyone else, in my experience. People collaborate and often work in teams in project work, group papers, or out-of-class study groups.
Ditto
NU not cut-throat per my 2 McCormick kids. Work Groups are big, and right from the start, the Engineering First Program assigns kids from differing engineering disciplines to work together to help assigned clients. “Clients” are handicapped people or companies assisting handicapped people.