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[rachel83az]

In Germany, they track their students. If they determine you are not cut out for college, you're put on a vocational track. So, those people you say wouldn't go to college if they were forced to take certain courses would probably be taken out of the college track in Germany altogether. 

The U.S. has a very loose system that allows everyone into college. On one hand, it gives everyone a chance to prove themselves. On the other hand, it leads to low college graduation rates, particularly at non-selective colleges.

The problem with the German system, IMO, is that it starts incredibly early. You get sorted into your level in something like late elementary school and (from what I've heard) it's nearly impossible to switch to another track later. Some kids do really well in late elementary/early middle school and do terribly at the university level while other students are late-bloomers and don't really hit their stride until high school at the earliest. If it's not fair to young adults to have to pick a college major at the age of 18, I don't think it's fair to base a person's entire life on how well they did or did not do in elementary school.