Exactly. The most brilliant and accomplished Pakistani woman I’ve ever known was a girl I went to college with----she came to the US for university studies. She had tons of friends/socially active, made great grades, couldn’t give a crap about looking twice at any boys or other non-halal endeavors, and ended up getting into an Ivy League med school (keep in mind that the number of spots reserved in American med schools for foreign students is extremely limited—you have to be the best of the best of the best.) She was raised to have inner strength and a strong moral foundation----so no matter where in the world she went she never changed her core actions and beliefs.