<p>Interesting article about the lengths one student went to for high scores on his college entrance exam:</p>
<p>wireless microphones and a van full of computers parked outside the testing facility~ reminds me of a few hollywood movies (old school and perfect score).</p>
<p>I'm not surprised, considering that the ONLY factor Chinese universities consider for admission is your score on the entrance exam.</p>
<p>Remember that in China, THEY ALL HAVE ASIAN PARENTS!</p>
<p>I've heard so much about the fabled Chinese entrance exam, but I've yet to see an actual copy, much less one translated into English. My favorite line:</p>
<p>"...exam papers are considered state secrets before the tests."</p>
<p>Nice to see the Qing tradition of cheating on the Han civil service exam continues in Mao's China.</p>
<p>WOW! I did not realize that China put the pressure on their students so much. I am not sure if I would not cheat if one test decided the rest of my life</p>
<p>tritium, you are hilarious:)</p>
<p>yeah it sucks that they only look at an applicant as a "number", so does Australian Colleges. If you don't ahve the score, you won't get it. It's not as holistic as US</p>
<p>Remember that China is known for cronyism so any subjective criteria in college admissions will necessarily introduce suspicions of corruption. With so many competitive students, a holistic system modeled after the US's would be crazy difficult. A major difference between Chinese and American educational systems is the emphasis on competitions and testing.</p>
<p>I'm surprised this doesnt happen more often, in China and the rest of the world...including America.</p>
<p>One of the many reasons America is better than other nations.</p>
<p>Not so much better or worse than other nations. Just a much much different focus on what 'education' means.</p>
<p>"A record 10 million Chinese high school students sat for the exam Thursday and Friday, competing for just 5.7 million university places."</p>
<p>haha 50%, and even if your in the top 50% but bottom of top 50% you get to go to a crappy school... that's a lot of people...</p>
<p>i went through the process of the high school entrance exam in Taiwan. almost the exact same system as China's . yup, that's right, the HIGH SCHOOL EXTRANCE EXAM. everybody has to take it in order to get into high school . then you take the college one. they basically decide your life... </p>
<p>you're competing against the ENTIRE country. i can see why someone would be pressured to cheat, especially in China , where its extremelyt cutthroat as there is not enough space in the top universities and colleges. i'm not condoning the cheating, i think its horrible, but i'm just explaining why some people go to such great lengths to cheat. its the way society is structured.</p>
<p>i bet the average sat score in china is like, 2300 :P</p>