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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But the opposite is also true. I am from Eastern Europe. A vast majority of Harvard kids would not be able to pass entrance exams at any of the schools. They simply do not have the level of knowledge required for entry (and study). If they studied for months, sure, but as they are right now - no way.

You need to understand that expectations from incoming freshmen are entirely different. Nobody cares about your sports or the non profit you started. Even your gold medal at a math Olympiad will not get you a place at an engineering school much less anywhere else. You think your fencing class presidents are so impressive, fine, but that doesn’t translate abroad as much as you think it does.[/quote]

This is exactly correct. In Europe they care about your intellectual ability. In the US it is all about sport, diversity, and money. Sorry.[/quote]

You have no idea what you're talking about and come off as a dunce.[/quote]

NP -I have a kid at Oxford. PP is correct. It’s all gpa and test scores. Oxford doesn’t care about what issues you’ve overcome, diversity, URM, low income or first generation. It wants to know can you do the work. Btw for grad work you can’t even apply unless you have a 3.7 on a 4.0 scale from your US university.[/quote]

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