I read the New York Times article on this yesterday and discussed it with my wife (neuroscientist). Our discussion went like this:

Wife: "This is bonkers, the entire point of orgo is to cull the pre-med students. When I took orgo they showed the planned curve and explicitly said: one-third of you will fail."

Me: "Yeah, we had classes like that in electrical engineering as well, it was understood that that was the point of the class. It is hard to avoid the implication that Gen Z is really spectacularly entitled."

Wife: "It's the explosion effect. They have learned they should feel entitled to good things, like being treated well no matter their identity or background or whatever. But they also are entitled for other areas where entitlement is not justified."

I thought that was a pretty insightful thought!