Faking applications?

Applying to College
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<p>Hey guys, </p>

<p>I just found this article</p>

<p>Asians</a> cheat like mad on US college apps | GlobalPost</p>

<p>about Asian students "faking" their way into American colleges.
I was actually rather surprised to find out how far many students and parents would go to gain admission. </p>

<p>Opening this for discussion, do you think the article reflects the actual situation?
If so, what is your opinion on the issue? </p>

<p>Lots of love, </p>

<p>Sophie</p>

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<p>What’s not to believe? Even years and years ago, this kinda stuff was rampant. Just emerging from the shadow of heavy communism, one Chinese HS sent 6 applications to my Ivy alma mater. All showed the students with perfect marks. Funny thing is that there were five distinct “official” transcripts.</p>

<p>Can you imagine what can be done today?</p>

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<p>Have you seen the SAT Subject Test Score Distribution for the Chinese Language Subject Test? More than half of the students who take this test score 790-800, with a mean score from all test takers of 760! The numbers are even more skewed for the Korean Language test.</p>

<p>Either there are some brilliant language teachers here in the US who know how to superbly prepare their students for this test or there are a bunch of students in China and Korea who believe they can impress adcoms with their knowledge of their native language.</p>

<p><a href=“http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/SAT-Subject-Tests-Percentile-Ranks-2012.pdf[/url]”>http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/SAT-Subject-Tests-Percentile-Ranks-2012.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;