I went to a state school that was a top 25 school at the time. The state did pretty much the same thing. This was a disaster for the students who were top at

I went to a state school that was a top 25 school at the time. The state did pretty much the same thing. This was a disaster for the students who were top at their high school, but nevertheless not prepared to go to a top tier university because their high school was not a college prep school. They either flunked out or changed to majors they could scrape by in. They would have been much better off going to a community college for a year or two to level up first.