Students try to trick their way into university

According to the Shanghai Daily, this Sunday, over 500 students tried to use false admission notices to register at Shanghai Normal University's school of mathematics and science. As the school denied having issued any admission notices at all, there was little doubt about the authencity of their documents: "The university authority was quite confused by the sudden influx of 'check-in' students," said one of the university's publicity officials. "It is almost impossible for a single school to enroll so many students at a time, let alone unqualified ones". This attempt says quite a lot about the desperate measures a failed gaokao, university admission test, can lead to.

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The GaoKao process is a sad reminder that in an overpopulated place like China, only standardized tests can be administered to be used as a unit of measure. Obvious failures of that system (certain local posters on this site come to mind...I am surprised he didnt jump to respond first this time) are apparent when hiring allegedly talented new graduates, but it may be the best the system can do for awhile. Hopefully the evolution of the society and system here will allow those that don't fit tthe mold to have better opportunities to succeed in their own manner.

If skilled trades weren't so looked down upon, there might not be as big a problem.

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