Hmm... It is a different system here but I get the idea. I'm 19 now and graduated last summer. I studied automation, and just about anything that goes with it (electrical, pneumatics, machining, you name it) wish fairly good grades, above average. I was promised a job by the school, but then the economy went... you know.
If I were to continue studying I will have to go the university. But math is my weakness, and even though I struggled very hard and managed to get a C (I think it is equivalent to a C), that is not enough to get accepted here. And to make matters worse there are no teachers anymore to provide me with the eduction to fill the gap.
The system is so screwed up right now that to get anywhere, the math has to be so overly complex (math that in fact really IS useless in real life) that no one can teach it, let alone learn it.
Atm I am 'job-hunting' and am trying some unconventional methods. 250-300 people apply for a single opening in the field I'm in...