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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Calm down. No secret. Hard work. Intact family. Hard work. Educated parents. Hard work.

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Lots of Western families esp in this area that work hard, have a traditional nuclear family, and are well educated -- but by and large you don't see them dominating academic contests and college admissions across the board -- so there's obviously something else there. I think it's just a culture of hard work, competition, and expectation within the whole community. When there is CONSTANT talk at every family party about how so-and-so just graduated Harvard Med and got a residency at Stanford and that's the best thing ever, and the kids hear that talk since birth -- it lights a bit of a fire as those kids start to think, that's what I want too.

I know in many Indian households it is common to make an "example" out of an older cousin or friend -- i.e. your cousin x was getting certain grades/scores/awards, that's what got him into MIT, just getting by with straight As won't be enough for MIT.[/quote]

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