I have no experience with university education over the pond, but I have to personal observations about the US system: 1) far too many people go to college and

I have no experience with university education over the pond, but I have to personal observations about the US system: 1) far too many people go to college and 2) the wrong people go to college. Political pressures have created a huge demand for colleges while supply remains comparatively inelastic. Consequently, the student population has become dominated by people whose parents can afford to send them to college, but whose intellectual credentials and academic interest are far from stellar. College revolves around teaching the mean -- and I don't like it. I hope graduate school is different.