<p>I agree with ordinarylives that there are students who are just not capable of doing college level work. I do not like picking on one school, but in California CSU Domiguez Hills comes to mind. The average admitted student there has SAT scores of about 880/1600 which goes a long way towards explaining why only 30% of students who matriculate at CSUDH ever graduates. When colleges admit students who have never demonstrated any potential to succeed in college level courses they are creating a large group of young adults who gained nothing from their college experience other than a lot of student debt.</p>