[quote=bearishgurl]I vote that CA re-institute the writing portion on the SAT, ACT and TOEFL and apply the applicant’s essay/writing score to their composite score.
This is how it was done when I took the ACT … way back in the day.
This would most certainly weed out thousands of Chinese applicants, who would fail this portion miserably, causing their composite scores to plummet.
Too bad … so sad.[/quote]
If you think this will happen, I honestly think you would be surprised as the “thousands of Chinese applicants” you state would probably do BETTER than a lot of the Americans applying for the UC or State school spots.
Looks like an American name hasn’t won since 2007.
My mom visited China a while back and there are plenty of Chinese who speak English better than many Americans. Again, these are probably the wealthier types, but there are lots of those.
I remember back in my day at UC, I had a college roommate who was not even studying engr, but could do ALL the math/physics stuff I took even though he was just an Econ major. At the end of the day, education/school is taken TONS more seriously in all the Asian countries and competing with that here will require a education/union/teacher revolution which isn’t going to happen.
At the end of the day, those “Chinese” just want to study at UCs or most elite colleges more than the “typical” American I believe.
Also, with how things are, I recommend people avoid JC if they can or try to go to a private school with some grants/aid to balance the cost.
