>Statistically, most students in American colleges achieve low marks, fail a lot of classes, or drop out entirely. I suspect these students still encounter daun

>Statistically, most students in American colleges achieve low marks, fail a lot of classes, or drop out entirely. I suspect these students still encounter daunting obstacles in the real world. Very good point. Perhaps my point then becomes more about how the top ~30% of students are treated, rather than all of them. Incidentally, I am reminded of this paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9686450 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9686450