competitive because they limite the enrollment. I came from that tuition free background. In my years, only 10% of high school graduates nation wide were admitted to college (The percentage went up after they reformed in mid 1990s by introducing very moderate tuition).
The point is you can't have both: free tuition and wide open entry to college (low admission standard) like most American colleges. Even socialism doesn't offer both of them.
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