> Parents don't send their kids to college to become better people, they do it to make sure they have a skill that can lead to a career so they can survive on their own.

That's correct, yes, but it's not the whole story.

(Some of) us students hold the same opinions, regardless of whether or not our parents do.

Indeed, I would gladly shed any of the "good person" parts of my personality, if doing so gave me better aptitude in the field that I'm studying.

(Sadly, genetic engineering is still a pipe dream, and won't work on already-living humans anyway.)