When my sister took the EIT (engineer in training) test, she said it was the only time she ever saw a line at the men's room and open stalls in the women's.
The problem is the focus on college admissions, rather than K-12 where it should be. Kid goes to sh*t schools, then goes to uni wanting to be an engineer or whatnot, no or low SAT requirement, they can't cut it and end up either dropping ou.t or with an ethnic studies or education or some other POC degree and $200K of debt.
Now the coursework has to be watered down to accommodate substandard students, and society suffers.