Stop Arguing over Elite Schools. Just Make Public Colleges Free
ETH Zurich and EPFL (in Lausanne) are elite technical schools, which also have extremely low tuition (roughly $1000 total per semester) and open admissions.<p>There is no entrance exam required for students who have a Swiss high school degree that qualifies them to attend university at all -- they may simply enroll.<p>The trick is that the first year or two are made extremely difficult so many people drop out. However, tuition is so low that this is not really a disaster that derails your whole life.