Interestingly this is also a problem at the (expensive) private schools that feed students into these elite colleges. You can give out super hard exams and mak

Interestingly this is also a problem at the (expensive) private schools that feed students into these elite colleges. You can give out super hard exams and make them sweat/cry/worry, but you'll be given tons of shit if you actually fail them, especially if their parents are large donors. Only exceptions here are for students that failed so badly they're no way they can pass, even if you apply a crazy curve on top. now many (most?) of those students are extremely talented and deserve the grades they get, but it's still a bullshit system that encourages failing upwards.