Call me an elitist but this is where I like the French "Grandes Ecoles" system: - public educations gets you a 2 year intensive training leading up to a compet

Call me an elitist but this is where I like the French "Grandes Ecoles" system: - public educations gets you a 2 year intensive training leading up to a competitive exam with one branch towards engineering schools and one branch towards business schools - the competitive exam is the real deal, and it's not really "cheatable": you get your chair in a room with ample space for a few days, a few hours/day on row, and a guy in each room monitoring the exam, no cellphones, until you have taken all subjects - the results allow you in one or more schools, and of course accessing the really best schools implies outstanding level in the exam - ... and indeed, after that, you get the sesame and no-one cares if you chest while in school, actually nobody cares about your grades there, just that you get the diploma ...