Yeah I'm mainly talking about the Dutch system I'm in. To what degree it also applies to the US is not up to me to judge. What I do think is that there are a lot of people who don't even try to make the best of their possibilities while they're studying. The financial support and cool opportunities weren't there for the taking, I had to put serious effort in to get it done. I'm the only person from my faculty to study outside of Europe, because I app. Some of my peers just don't even bother chasing the opportunities that they have. There's a lot wrong with the current education system, both in the Netherlands and the US, I agree. Still, the current generation is the best educated and most diverse as far as I know. I don't think society is going to downhill just yet.