<p>Yeah, I always think similar things, but the admissions process is ridiculous. And then it ultimately reduces the undergraduate experience is then again reduced to the sport of “making As” as you say. This often means that, unless you’re really, really good, you must avoid taking challenging courses with peers who are at your level in a field, and you have to pretty much do HS all over again. Undergraduate experiences for many will basically be almost exclusively a social experience as you really aren’t allowed to get but so much out of your coursework (you have to “fake it until you make it with this” and only choose “interesting” courses that you can make an A in because it’s rarely worth it to take a risk and choose a course out of the comfort zone) unless you are near perfect.</p>