I saw somewhere that the reason elite Chinese families send their children abroad to study is not (just) the usual story about western universities being "prestigious".

The Chinese educational system is simply too meritocratic and doesn't give the elite special treatment. If a Chinese student is not a top performer they will not get into a top university, no matter who their parents are. The western universities are often a plan B for the less brilliant children of the Chinese elite.

[–] coolusername@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

i dont know anything about elites but that's definitely true for the children of rich ppl who aren't that great at studying but their families still want face

[–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 30 points 4 months ago

"My son went to Harvard", person ends up being dumb as shit but they dumped money into the uni.

As opposed to, my son went to meritocratic mid-rate local uni.

Yeah checks out.

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