From a social point of view, I'd only push
college on the top 5%.
From what little I've read [1], France has a two-tier university system where the most respected tier only admits 10% of people, based on teenagers' exam results.
By all accounts the results are kind of shitty if you're in the 11th percentile, as you have to go get a foreign masters degree or a PhD if your ambition is to get a top job.
By all accounts the results are kind of shitty if you're in the 11th percentile, as you have to go get a foreign masters degree or a PhD if your ambition is to get a top job.
[1] http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1292 http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1293