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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]

I highly doubt this.

The vast majority of Harvard kids have already aced calculus-based physics, Calculus, advanced chemistry, advanced history/english in high school in addition to the EC stuff they have to juggle. They should have no problems passing any college entrance exams in the world.

A gold medal at a math olympiad can't  earn you a place at an engineering school? Which east european university is this selective?[/quote]

It's bogus. That person has no idea what s/he's talking about, and simply going off of their weird superiority complex.[/quote]

It could be true if you're saying you couldn't take a student from the US and drop them in cold to take the exams.  Unlike students there, they haven't been pointed to these exams their entire school careers.  The US system sets up specific expectations, so people adapt to it.  It's like asking a person who plays the violin to audition on a trumpet and then claiming they have no talent.  Makes little sense to me.[/quote]

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