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by trimethylpurine 19 days ago
> "(Italy) seemingly produces very good graduates"

Last I looked, China and the US account for 18/20 major contributions to chemistry annually in the last 8+ years and the US was leading for a decade before 2018.

IUPAC works to keep exams international so you can't just say Americans are dumb. They are taking the same exams and the failing is permanent, not forgiven. So it's even harder to succeed in the US compared with Italy, based on your description.

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I believe they meant on average.