"So what happens to the students that drop out?"
"Don't worry about them. Having studied here is enough for most people to find a great job."
I'm going to call bullshit on that. "It says here on your resume that you dropped out of Harvard. You're hired!"
Press X to doubt. Students who drop out, will have failed to learn the same skill and knowledge as those that graduate. And the sooner they drop out, the less skills and knowledge they will have. The other half of college, is building a network of relationships to help you find work afterwards. How many relationships is someone that drops out, going to have time to build?
This feels like a lazy, comforting line of dialogue that doesn't match a believable reality. I'm sure it's true within the context of this fictional universe. But if you think about it, it doesn't make any sense.
90% of the students dropping out, is a ridiculously high rate of failure. If that number was accurate, most of the students would be attending cram school, just to have a fighting chance. No one would have any free time. It would be spent in constant study and practice tests. And since everyone else is also attending cram school, it just ratchets up the stress even higher. The vibe at this school would be incredibly strict and stressful.
Elsa and Evie decide to drink a cleansing potion, in the hopes that it will hide the curse from being revealed. Smart. What was dumb, was them drinking an obvious looking potion (out of a beaker) right out in the open, before this big testing of everyone. Are they not concerned about someone seeing them, and accusing them of cheating?