Maybe talent sorting is also flawed in Australia, but isn’t it for a different reason? This post identifies lack of top universities in Germany as a reason, but as far as I know, Australia has clear top universities.
The general contours of the situation are the same. The programs that require the highest high-school exit grades are medical programs, so top students mostly self-select into medical programs at many different universities, rather than into subjects of interest to them at the top schools.
Maybe talent sorting is also flawed in Australia, but isn’t it for a different reason? This post identifies lack of top universities in Germany as a reason, but as far as I know, Australia has clear top universities.
The general contours of the situation are the same. The programs that require the highest high-school exit grades are medical programs, so top students mostly self-select into medical programs at many different universities, rather than into subjects of interest to them at the top schools.