Re:China now the most prolific contributor to physical scien...
by auganov on Thursday September 13, 2018 @06:56PM
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You realize it takes substantial money to bypass admissions, right? And it's not easy to pull off as a foreign student. If you feel like donating $100k+ you can probably get your way in China too.
The few standardized tests that do help in admissions like the SAT are just glorified IQ tests. Very hard to practice for beyond a certain point. Not that there isn't a whole industry of people cramming for SATs for nothing...
In most of mainland Europe you can easily pay peanuts to get into the absolute "top" schools. Yet few want to. American education is that much more valued.
Re:China now the most prolific contributor to physical scien...
by TulliusCicero on Thursday September 13, 2018 @12:39PM
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While it's true that many are eager to accept foreign students willing to pay more, the more prestigious schools still require good grades and test scores.
There still is a reactionary part of Chinese society that is super obsessed with matters of class and status, or at least they are much more than Americans for sure.
Not having your child getting into a university can be seen as a social stigma, and parent of such child will be socially ostracised.
For such, having a child getting a place in US college for money with 100% certainty, is better than him/her taking risks with state exam back home.