/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11878366
yeah the baccalaureat test is pretty bullshit sometimes
your entire life future is based on your performance one week when you're 18
Basically how it works is since most good universities are state owned, the state provides a limited amount of seats and abroad scholarships. You have to wait in line to pick a spot depending on your ranking. Also the spots depend on your sepecialty in high school.
I was ranked 50 in the maths specialty so I was just shy of a french or german state scholarship and I didn't wanna do maths in uni so I picked the only other best thing.
Given how few jobs we have, there isn't any variety in the choices at the top so the 4 med schools and the few good engineering schools end up always with a top something condition depending on the specialty.