> state schools and community colleges do exactly that, how is that working for them? It depends? For some good, for some not so good? For a multitude of reaso

> state schools and community colleges do exactly that, how is that working for them? It depends? For some good, for some not so good? For a multitude of reasons? One of them being "world is unfair"? Other being money? Public universities work in Europe. At least to some degree. Also, this is a philosophical question: should the top universities "manufacture" best students, or are they places where rich peoples" kids can meet each other? If you hire a programmer do you want: one who can code great, or one who played basketball with the president's kids?