The author is very misinformed about the state of student decision-making in Germany & it feels like he describes the state people did who are now older than 40

The author is very misinformed about the state of student decision-making in Germany & it feels like he describes the state people did who are now older than 40 years. One big thing he doesn't account for is the German school grading system, which doesn't work like the American & thus with easier & less necessary school subjects in last decades, A* equivalent grades are easier to reach. People who want to medicine often choose strategically, things that are easy. They ignore that taking physics & chemistry would help them tremendously at the beginning of university. So a good margin struggles with physics & chemistry for medicine in the beginning of their studies. Those people are, in my personal impression, neither STEM interested or intellegent, you can't just map grade to skill. There are highly intelligent people going into medicine, but I doubt they would do diffrently if they get an "Ivy league" equivalent offer. Most of the medicine students aren't top-notch.