As a student in a joint Actuarial Science / Computer Science degree at a top university in Canada, I've seen a large amount of evidence suggesting highschool graduates are less prepared than ever to tackle both university and real world problems. Regardless of how well these students perform in highschool, they will have no academic future unless they can learn to think out of the box - something that highschools are no longer emphasizing. I think the first year failure rate of almost 50% sums up everything rather nicely.
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As a student in a joint Actuarial Science / Computer Science degree at a top university in Canada, I've seen a large amount of evidence suggesting highschool graduates are less prepared than ever to tackle both university and real world problems. Regardless of how well these students perform in highschool, they will have no academic future unless they can learn to think out of the box - something that highschools are no longer emphasizing. I think the first year failure rate of almost 50% sums up everything rather nicely.