Firstly - I’m sorry to hear about this experience and don’t want to undermine the pain here. I’ll note that some of the schools I graduated from in the US (NYC

Firstly - I’m sorry to hear about this experience and don’t want to undermine the pain here. I’ll note that some of the schools I graduated from in the US (NYC) are moving from exams to a “holistic” system of entrance, and my feeling is that is even worse in many cases. In the holistic system: - you don’t know what the criteria is - friendships and contacts matter - you can’t study to fully strengthen your chances - you don’t get feedback on what you are doing wrong - in the extreme cases is very open to bias and corruption (eg many “holistic” systems actively filter out Asian candidates)