From: Doug Thayer (d_l_thayer@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Nov 23 2002 - 10:33:42 MST
On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 10:31:43PM -0800, Lee Corbin wrote:
> When I lived in China I represented Harvard in interviewing high school
> students applying for admission, and it was a humbling experience. The SAT
> isn't offered in China, so instead the kids take the G.R.E. -- meant for
> people applying to graduate school -- and still score in the top
> percentiles. And while many of my Chinese friends worry that the system
> works children too hard and costs them their childhood, the brightest kids
> are not automatons; many are serious enthusiasts of art, music, poetry or,
> these days, the basketball plays of Yao Ming.
The GRE covers basically the same material as the SAT. I think it is somewhat
simplified to compensate for people forgetting their high school subjects
during 4 years of specialized study at college. GRE mathematics is limited
to basic algebra and geometry.
If you did not know this basic fact you might be led to believe that chinese
students are receiving the equivalent of a college education before graduating
from high school.
---- Doug
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