For one thing, those who do end up at a school where they can't hack it are obvious and not all that happy.

kcab, that is the single BIGGEST indicator that there is something seriously wrong locally-- wayyyyyyyyy too many of these kids wind up dropping out of the high-flown places they go off to college at, or they wind up coming home for a year to retool at the local JC/Uni (at least that is how their parents spin things-- I suspect it's academic).


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.