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[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]

In China, the test scores required from poor provinces is lower than from wealthier provinces.  This serves the same function as the state school preferences.

I believe China also has affirmative action quotas for racial minorities.  But otherwise, they admit based on merit rather than athletic ability, hobbies, non-profits, fame, employment, etc.[/quote]

They have their own set of problems, and their population is three times ours. In some ways, competition in the U.S. is actually tougher because our kids are competing against the global elite. It’s a completely different scale, which sometimes makes comparisons feel pointless. That said, the fact that our institutions don’t prioritize Americans more, don’t strike a better domestic balance, and continue to push middle-class families down the list doesn’t seem like a smart long-term strategy.[/quote]

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