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[quote=Anonymous]Interesting discussion. Not sure what the answer is really.
However, I think that part of the reason everyone including international students are all clamouring to get into US colleges is partly because US colleges are considered a melting pot of diversity and varying interests and abilities. Of course, we all know higher ed here is not that utopian, affluent high SES white and Asian kids make up the majority of students but there is a somewhat real perception that you will mix with all kinds of people at college and those types of interactions lead to a lot of personal growth in addition to academic growth. Other factors obviously include living away from home, not being pigeon holed into a career path right away and numerous extracurricular opportunities. However, my main point is that most countries base admissions on only grades, GPAs and test scores and their college experiences are considered less progressive and inferior to the US system. I worry that the push to only look at grades and test scores will lead to College campuses being less interesting and the college experience will end up being diminished for everyone. Of course, the Achilles heel of US college education compared to other countries is cost.[/quote]

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