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Re:Japan's Universities Are Failing by doall on Friday March 03, 2017 @02:41PM (#13785626)
Do you spend like six hours studying after school and eleven hours in weekends for several years? Then it is comparable :)
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Re:Japan's Universities Are Failing by akhilcacharya on Friday March 03, 2017 @03:32PM (#13786191)
I'm sure it's a similar regimen to get into Stanford, except that time is spent towards research and other extracurriculars in addition to SAT prep.
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Re:Japan's Universities Are Failing by M_Grey on Friday March 03, 2017 @07:32PM (#13788305)
It's not even close... it's... soooooo much more intense, and social/professional consequences are quite a bit more impactful.
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