How might your drive for academic excellence change if university admission was not competitive due to cost?

I feel it would change drastically since it would be paid for some students may just do it because they can and blow it off. However there are other students such as myself who sometimes have a tricky time trying to pay back money for college. Essentially college is expensive and can be beneficial so if we want our occupation people to expand we still have to go to school. I feel with it being free some kids might be drawn to more likely join since finances wouldn’t be a problem by then anymore.

If university admission wasn't about money, many students would probably focus less on competition and more on learning. Without worrying about costs, more students from different backgrounds could be able to have that education many seek to have.