The Probability of Failing to Get a B a in High School

The probability of failing to get a degree would be far higher for those at the lower levels of academic ability, even when restricted to the self selected group who try for college. The reality behind these numbers is even more depressing. Those among the academically talented who do not get a degree are likely to be voluntary failures,. students who easily could have gotten the b a, but be aved in ways that prevented them from doing so or deciding they wanted to do something else.