I won’t double indent, but this is all from Simon Grimm: German academia doesn’t have world-class universities and is self-avowedly egalitarian. Without a clear top university, many talented students instead enter highly competitive medical schools to prove their ability. But, as argued here, medical school is a bad default choice for these students if you […]

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