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Increasing numbers of Chinese highschoolers are bypassing the gaokao for the SATs

Posted 4:00pm Thu Jul 7th, 2011 by admin
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Surprising stats: mainland SAT takers have jumped 100x in seven years, while takers of China's national college entrance exam are down by 11%. Source: China Daily

An enlightening article in the China Daily this morning indicates that increasing numbers of Chinese high schoolers are opting out of China's standard college entrance examination in favor of taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), the exam used by most American colleges as a determinant for admission.


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