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LiberalArkie

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6. I read a long article a while back about the Chinese students who come to Standford, Harvard, Yale, and the other BIG

Reply to iemanja (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 10:16 AM

6 hrs ago

schools in the U.S.

They are not the brightest in China, but come from wealthy families. The top scoring students in the national high school tests go the the top schools in china - free. Those that don't- don't. You can't buy your way into the schools, only grades.
So if a wealthy kid wants to go to a university that have to go to the U.S. and pay to go to the Universities. The top scorers do not come here.

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