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They gain entry by attaining essentially perfect scores on the graduate record exams.

Not every one of those guys from over there are ten feet tall.

"GRE test cancellation: No legal action yet against guilty students," by Kanchana Suggu in Mumbai

http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/oct/04gre.htm

Also many other sources, for example

http://www.ethics.org/resources/article_detail.cfm?ID=826

"Academic Integrity and the Graduate Record Exam," by Allison Pendell-Jones Ethics Resource Center

Am I mean-spirited for mentioning cheating over there? I am not saying that everyone cheats. But from what I have read the attitude toward cheating is surprising -- except I do remember pre-PC TV news (1950s) when student rioting occurred because universities tried to prevent cheating on finals. Also, I'm tired of hearing that "they" are ten feet tall and our young people are not. Too general.

19 posted on 11/30/2005 5:40:47 PM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (Move over Henny Youngman.. please! "The most trusted news source." CNN)
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Am I mean-spirited for mentioning cheating over there?

For laughs we used to go watch one Prof's Linear Algebra tests, which had a large contingent of Iranians who all sat in the back and discussed the test in Farsi, copied off each other's tests with what appeared to be long discussions about who had the right answer, and generally acted like the whacked-out aliens in Men in Black. If it wasn't so comical, it would have been appalling.

The professor sat on his butt up front smoking a pipe and ignoring the whole scene. The Americans in the class just studied and took the tests; sophomore level Linear Algebra courses aren't all that difficult.

My impression of foreign students in the early 1980's was that they were much over-hyped in terms of capabilities, and 22 years in industry hasn't changed that impression.

21 posted on 11/30/2005 6:04:31 PM PST by Regulator
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