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Kind of related: One of my roommates in college was from China. We had a lot of foreign exchange students from there, many of whom I found out in labs had ver
by cgb223 9y ago
Kind of related:
One of my roommates in college was from China.
We had a lot of foreign exchange students from there, many of whom I found out in labs had very poor writing skills.
I asked my roommate how so many Chinese students found their way to this college and why the writing seemed so bad.
He explained to me there was literally a whole industry in China dedicated to faking the scores and documents required to get Chinese kids into good schools in the US.
This included all sorts of College apps, essays, and probably some of the tests like the ACT.
He said wealthy families in China valued education as a status symbol and would pay top dollar to get their kid into Harvard or so on to make them look good, himself included
- uji 9y agoI have observed the same. In my masters, Chinese friends were asked to join meetups and classes for improving english speaking. When I asked how they cleared Toefl(https://www.ets.org/toefl https://www.ets.org/toefl), which is required along with GRE score for getting admissions into US university, they mentioned its very easy to buy these scores. Somebody appears on their behalf in the test.
- ams6110 9y agoJudging by the cars some Chinese students drive, it appears it's very easy for them to buy anything. McLarens, Maseratis, Ferraris, top-end models from BMW, Mercedes, Porche and Audi are not uncommon around campus and it's always a Chinese kid at the wheel.
- raverbashing 9y agoFunny, you would think that the exam vendors would be interested in curbing that, but it seems their concern is not that big