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<p>This was true 20 years ago, and it is true, now. The UCs are designed, with its harsh grading and oversubscribed lower division classes, to flunk out a good 20-25% of its students. With an ever-increasing strong group, academically, the flunk-out rate is no doubt less, but that doesn’t mean that there’s not an attempt to eliminate some students, if eating on Telegraph doesn’t accomplish the task first.</p>
<p>And, yes, private schools do what they can to retain their students. Absolutely.</p>