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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Congrats, you’ve discovered something we all realized years and years ago.

If you want a meritocratic admissions system, move to China or the UK.[/quote]

This is an example of just how how stupid people. Chinas system is massively affected by wealth with few from poor areas able to attend the better universities. In the UK they give large preferences to kids from public schools because otherwise all of the spots at top schools would be filled by private school kids. Thanks for highlighting your ignorance.[/quote]

The China system is based on a single exam that pretty much all students grind for.
The UK system is also based on performance on levels, exams and personal statement about why you are applying to that particular course of program (i.e. major). And the applicant is committed to that course for the next 3-4 years.
Also, public school means private there and the reverse. (Everything seems upside down there in language usage sometimes)[/quote]

There is rampant cheating in China and India on these exams.  Wealthy people literally bribe the proctors or there have been instances where the exam creators sold the exam Q&A ahead of time.

Poor people have parents feeding answers to their kids through windows.  Go google that and you see parents on three story ladders.  Not sure if there is any proctor in the room for the poor kids as have no idea how it is so commonplace.[/quote]

+1 These countries are hardly beacons of equity.

Cheating is rampant throughout parts of Asia, most of Africa, and parts of Eastern Europe. People in Communist countries don't even see anything wrong with it. It's just what everyone does to get around the ridiculous rules.

Support for special needs kids isn't valued. The mentality is to just get them out of the gen ed classroom despite their potential abilities. The high IQ, twice exceptional kids with ADHD are discarded too.

There's a reason that people in Western countries aren't clamoring to move to these countries. [/quote]

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