American And Chinese Educational Systems

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China, the United States has many colleges, and many of them don’t have any hard college entrance examination. If the students have a good Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) score or a good Grade Point Average (GPA), usually they can get into some good colleges, such as Berkley University, Stanford University, and Harvard University. If they have a low GPA or SAT, they still can get into some community college, such as City College of San Francisco or Skyline College. What they need to do is take a placement test. After they get in to these community colleges, they still can transfer to some four-year colleges when they complete the required units in the community colleges.
In China, the grading system focuses on the final examination. “ It only grades the average of the midterm examination (30%) and the final examination (70%) as the final grade of the semester” (Education in China p.145). Under this grading system, most students only study hard when their final examinations are ...

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