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Re:Increasingly Competitive College Admissions: Much More Th... by alexibm on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @09:13AM (#19682211)
"Gold medal" ??? You are probably from Ex-Soviet countries or one of their ex-satellites. Limiting number of people who can attend undergraduate studies by setting bar so high that 99% people will fail either by failing entrance exam or grades to get in, is a dumbest given such a prevalence of Computers everywhere.
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Re:Increasingly Competitive College Admissions: Much More Th... by arrayThrowaway on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @01:58PM (#19684894)
You should look at graduates of Tsinghua and the IITs. The IITs, as the top engineering schools in India, have a 0.92% acceptance rate. [1] Meanwhile, Tsinghua accepts 0.92% of Beijing applicants and close to 0.1% from elsewhere in China. [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Entrance_Examination_–_A... [2] https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d674e7841444d78457a6333566d54/...

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