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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is what we foreigners have been saying for years, OP. In the rest of the world, there is a formula, or at least much more of one than here. You have the grades, you get in, is what it essentially boils down to.

Here admissions committees are allowed to be racist, discriminatory, and they openly favor children of alumni, children of billionaire donors, and children with no particular academic strength who happen to be good at sports.

It's disgusting, and yet, the brain-washed American people continue to believe it's a great "holistic" system and they beggar themselves or their children to get in, instead of voting for politicians who might make university low-cost, like in other developed countries.

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In other countries the state contribution to tuition is basically one hundred percent.   [b]There is no way that tax burden would be tolerated here[/b].[/quote]

Maybe, if you paired down colleges to what their European equivalents offer (in terms of housing, food, extra curricular, sports...) and cut the number of seats across the system starting in high school though graduate school to match systems that start weeding out far younger the costs might not be that different. [/quote]

Are you saying European universities offer "paired down" housing compared to American universities?   I find this surprising.   When I was planning a trip to Scotland a few years ago, I remember seeing an economical option in some cities to stay in university dorms, since it was summer and there were no students.   The accommodation offered in these dorms were FAR nicer than the dorms my kids have had in college--private rooms with larger beds, compared to the shared rooms/twin XL beds that US colleges have!

And good luck getting major universities to "pair down" football![/quote]

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