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I agree 楼主: while English is not the only factor, it is probably the most important one. Let's imagine that all problems, including CR and RC, were translated into Chinese (not sure whether SC can be translated or even adopted in a meaningful way.) Yes, they would still be tough, but if you managed to survive China's college entry exam and subsequently graduated from the college with at least some reasonable training, you probably can easily score 700+ in such a Chinese GMAT. Admittedly, GMAT is also for native speakers, and average score of native speakers is much lower than that of Chinese and Indians. However, such low score first has to be attributed to the dismal quantitative education in western countries. Moreover, most Americans are very much carefree and don't quite think in critical way. As a result they cannot even ace the CR and RC even if they can superficially understand the text. I might be cynical, but personally I believe that GRE and GMAT really say nothing about people's real aptitude for any graduate study. If China were to adopt such exams in Chinese, every applicant would get 700+ and there would be no sensible way for adcom to make any decision. That being said, I do agree that because of language barrier, GRE/GMAT does test one trait of Chinese test-takers: our ability to plan methodologically, and to study hard to overcome our inborn handicap (in language.) In my opion, such ability is indeed important to any graduate study and even to the future career.
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