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About this, there was a relatively recent article from a chinese POV: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15769807 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1576980
by Momquist 9y ago
About this, there was a relatively recent article from a chinese POV: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15769807 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15769807
In this article, surprisingly, the author suggests that his education abroad (Cambridge) was a result of his failure in the chinese system.
Finally, I threw in the towel, and asked my parents to send me abroad. Anywhere else on this earth would surely be better.
And regarded western universities as much less competitive and demanding.
- addicted 9y agoPersonal experience: My college undergrad education which is considered one of the hardest in the country was a fraction of the difficulty compared to the education friends at home went through. What it lacked in rigor, however, it more than made up in the remarkable growth of perspectives I experienced by interacting with students from a massive spectrum of backgrounds from all over the world. That will be another major loss for US universities, outside of the purely financial side.