If you can't read/ write or do math you are not getting in to college. I assume even if you are a transgender black non-binary paraplegic you are still required to read and write to get in to a good school

Only in the private sector.

The US and other systems have systematically removed any real need for Schools and Colleges to only give high grades to those who actually deserve them. This has been going on for decades, all in the name of accessibility and other bullshit. Year on year, decade on decade, more and more top ranked grades have been awarded and nothing has been done to reign in the subsequent devaluation of those grades.

So for a college who can give a passing grade to some troglodyte who can't even read, and get paid vast amounts to do so (since loans are given without any basis in value gained to pay them back), why would they want to turn anyone away?