Used to be that way. Now, not so much. Without putting Trump in the equation. I mean completely and not in the conversation in any way. I have read many, many accomplished graduates that should know better. Furthermore, they are ignorant and or possessed by ideas that are not true. This is to say, they'd been better prepared if the instructors were not infusing a view that is wrong but the antithesis of objective reasoning.
The data that best predicts success is intelligence and conscientious. If a person is low in these, they typically become Democrat voters.