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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I see a lot of crap on this forum about how American education is "superior", "holistic" admissions is best, yada, yada and talking down on Chinese and Indian systems where all that matters (for the most part) is one entrance exam. This exam is taken by students in grade 12 and you have enough notice and time to prep, etc. Unlike in the US if you don't do well in ALL 4 years of High school you are screwed. Why is that not a better system? Why not have customized exams for each area of study and have the kids compete after 12th grade. [b]Make sure all the money and time people spend on made-up ECs and nonsense participation trophies on travel sports goes towards funding prep for under-privileged kids? Wouldn't that level the playing field? No issues with "slow to mature" or "under priviliged" or "URM". All would have the same level of prep available to them. [/b]Of course, colleges can't hide behind the "holistic" veil and do what they want will not like this and the college prep industry that reads the tea leaves on behalf of parents will be out of business.[/quote]

Wait. Are you seriously arguing that the Chinese/Indian/Russian systems are MORE meritocratic? The same India that has somehow managed to export caste prejudices to US universities, to the point that US colleges have needed to institute policies to prevent targeted harassment of "lower caste" Indian students? That India?

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/1/us-csu-dalits-hail-university-caste-discrimination-ban

Or perhaps you mean the Gaokao, which students start studying for in elementary school? The one with 5,000 university slots for 9 million test takers? Yes, they have plenty of time to prep, but it does "late bloomers" no good to begin prepping at 14 for a test the most privileged Chinese have been preparing for since 8. [/quote]

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