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Chitchat Loser With PSLE Score of 258 Dropped Out Of Hwa Chong IP School!! Ended Up Studying In Australia Like Other Sinkie Losers Who Can't Make It To NUS!
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It is true then. The elite system remains despite the PAP telling u no such thing exists. haha
This is one reason there will be NO Michael Dell, Steve Jobs., Julian Assange. Bll Gates. Evan Williams., .Mark Zuckerberg. Larry Ellison., Jan Koum ,Travis Kalanick or John Mackey in Singapore.
They are all college dropouts in the west and here in Singapore with the system as it is, they may even end up in ITE or Northlight School.
And the results of what the scholars have done to our country is painfully felt by locals here
They are all college dropouts in the west and here in Singapore with the system as it is, they may even end up in ITE or Northlight School.
And the results of what the scholars have done to our country is painfully felt by locals here
Excellent video. But he seems to be applying to the wrong fields of work. Obviously HR in Singapore is going to ask about the missing A level certificate. So remaining in Australia is the right choice for now unless he finds a line of work that doesn't give a crap about his missing A level cert. Like acting. Or running his own company.
Looks like chinese overrsted themselves.
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Chinese students miss out on early places at MIT but what’s to blame for the change in fortune?
PUBLISHED : Sunday, 30 December, 2018, 12:00am
UPDATED : Sunday, 30 December, 2018, 9:40am
COMMENTS: 141
Mandy Zuo
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Mandy joined the Post in 2010 and reports on China. She has covered a wide range of subjects including policy, rural issues, culture and society.
23 Dec 2018
No students from mainland Chinese schools have been admitted to the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) through its early admission programme this year, intensifying concerns that candidates are facing growing difficulty in entering the United States’ best universities.
Unlike in the past, when at least a handful of students from Chinese schools made it through the early admission system, according to official results released by the college earlier this month this year there were none.
The news epitomised the falling success rate of mainland Chinese students seeking places at top US colleges in recent years amid growing uncertainty about immigration and visa policies, and the increased importance placed on applicants’ soft skills, some industry insiders have said.
Why China’s overseas students find things aren’t always better back home
The MIT offered early admission to more than 700 students chosen from 9,600 applicants from around the world. While five of them were Chinese nationals, they all graduated from US high schools.
“This is in line with the overall trend,” said Sun Rui, founder of Insight Education, a company based in the south China city of Shenzhen that helps Chinese students apply for undergraduate programmes in the United States.
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“We feel that it’s harder each year to apply for top universities,” she said.
The number of students from Shenzhen who secured a place at one of the top four colleges in the US had been falling year by year, she said.
“Last year, a couple of students from Shenzhen made it to Stanford. This year it was none.”
While Chinese students had a reputation for getting high exam scores, Sun said they were often at a disadvantage when it came to soft skills, such as leadership and citizenship.
Chinese schools did not care about the latter, but American schools valued them greatly, she said.
As more Chinese children were being sent abroad to study at a younger age, those who went to US high schools were replacing those from Chinese schools when it came to undergraduate admissions, she said.
Chinese students in US fear backlash after Mike Pence’s inflammatory speech
Li Li, whose daughter is at high school in Shanghai, said she had always wanted her child to apply for a top 20 US university but was now reconsidering.
“Given the current circumstances, your know, all the curbs on immigration and visa policy, I think I will consider another country, say Australia,” she said.
With richer parents eyeing better education abroad, Chinese students now account for about a third of all international students in US universities, according to official figures.
But potential applicants are being frightened away as Washington, under the administration of President Donald Trump, tightens it policies on Chinese students out of concerns about them being potential spies. The Financial Times reported recently that the White House had actually debated a proposal to stop all Chinese nationals from studying at US universities over such concerns.
Why Trump and the trade war aren’t enough to stop Chinese students coming to America
New restrictions and requirements were introduced earlier this year for Chinese postgraduates majoring in science and engineering, as Trump accused China of stealing technology and intellectual property from US companies.
Sun said that an unpredictable admission policy was another reason for the drop off in Chinese students’ success in applying for top American schools.
“For example, unlike before, some top schools now require writing samples from international students, which to some extent shows they have worries about the applicants’ actual skills,” she said.
News›China›Society
Chinese overseas
Chinese students miss out on early places at MIT but what’s to blame for the change in fortune?
- The prestigious college offered early admission to more than 700 students from around the world but none came from Chinese schools
- Some analysts say Washington’s fears about espionage are to blame, while others put it down to China’s failure to prepare fully rounded youngsters
PUBLISHED : Sunday, 30 December, 2018, 12:00am
UPDATED : Sunday, 30 December, 2018, 9:40am
COMMENTS: 141
Mandy Zuo
News
Comment
Mandy joined the Post in 2010 and reports on China. She has covered a wide range of subjects including policy, rural issues, culture and society.
23 Dec 2018
No students from mainland Chinese schools have been admitted to the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) through its early admission programme this year, intensifying concerns that candidates are facing growing difficulty in entering the United States’ best universities.
Unlike in the past, when at least a handful of students from Chinese schools made it through the early admission system, according to official results released by the college earlier this month this year there were none.
The news epitomised the falling success rate of mainland Chinese students seeking places at top US colleges in recent years amid growing uncertainty about immigration and visa policies, and the increased importance placed on applicants’ soft skills, some industry insiders have said.
Why China’s overseas students find things aren’t always better back home
The MIT offered early admission to more than 700 students chosen from 9,600 applicants from around the world. While five of them were Chinese nationals, they all graduated from US high schools.
“This is in line with the overall trend,” said Sun Rui, founder of Insight Education, a company based in the south China city of Shenzhen that helps Chinese students apply for undergraduate programmes in the United States.
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inRead invented by Teads
“We feel that it’s harder each year to apply for top universities,” she said.
The number of students from Shenzhen who secured a place at one of the top four colleges in the US had been falling year by year, she said.
“Last year, a couple of students from Shenzhen made it to Stanford. This year it was none.”
While Chinese students had a reputation for getting high exam scores, Sun said they were often at a disadvantage when it came to soft skills, such as leadership and citizenship.
Chinese schools did not care about the latter, but American schools valued them greatly, she said.
As more Chinese children were being sent abroad to study at a younger age, those who went to US high schools were replacing those from Chinese schools when it came to undergraduate admissions, she said.
Chinese students in US fear backlash after Mike Pence’s inflammatory speech
Li Li, whose daughter is at high school in Shanghai, said she had always wanted her child to apply for a top 20 US university but was now reconsidering.
“Given the current circumstances, your know, all the curbs on immigration and visa policy, I think I will consider another country, say Australia,” she said.
With richer parents eyeing better education abroad, Chinese students now account for about a third of all international students in US universities, according to official figures.
But potential applicants are being frightened away as Washington, under the administration of President Donald Trump, tightens it policies on Chinese students out of concerns about them being potential spies. The Financial Times reported recently that the White House had actually debated a proposal to stop all Chinese nationals from studying at US universities over such concerns.
Why Trump and the trade war aren’t enough to stop Chinese students coming to America
New restrictions and requirements were introduced earlier this year for Chinese postgraduates majoring in science and engineering, as Trump accused China of stealing technology and intellectual property from US companies.
Sun said that an unpredictable admission policy was another reason for the drop off in Chinese students’ success in applying for top American schools.
“For example, unlike before, some top schools now require writing samples from international students, which to some extent shows they have worries about the applicants’ actual skills,” she said.
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