以下是引用kkkkk1在2007-4-5 10:48:00的发言：商校在评核学生时只是将GMAT作为其中一个标准，而我们往往将排名和中国人心中的认知度作为全部标准，这是挺无奈的，
This is not only sadly true, but truly sad. To echo your point, according to a NYTimes article on undergraduate admissions in the US, "Harvard turned down 1,100 student applicants with perfect 800 scores on the SAT math exam. Yale rejected several applicants with perfect 2400 scores on the three-part SAT, and Princeton turned away thousands of high school applicants with 4.0 grade point averages." I have been doing alumni interviews (for undergraduate admissions) for my alma mater in the New York area for the past 5 years or so, in addition to having gone through the process described by the quote above. I think the level of fervor Chinese students exhibit in their pursuit of rankings and their perceived brand value is an unfortunate byproduct of the type of education they've received, whereby competition is extremely fierce, yet the only metric that matter are the rankings of the school and the student. When we interview high school students, we are reminded each year that we should seek to discover something about each student that goes beyond what is contained on his/her application. It is certainly an accomplishment to have gotten high scores on standardized tests, received good grades, and won academic awards. But these accolades alone are far from sufficient in convincing the interviewer and the admissions committee that this student will make a good candidate for the incoming class. Everything being relatively equal, we would be much more likely to focus on the student's extra-curricular activities, and the level of dedication shown in participating in those activities. Because colleges and universities want to have a student body made of students who are not just good students academically, but also students with a sense of self, and a desire to develop into a well-rounded individual for the future. The emphasis is often on evaluating just how "well-rounded" the person is, and this evaluation cannot be easily quantified, as many Chinese students perhaps wish, but rather is "felt" and expressed by the enthusiasm the student may show in describing his/her favorite hobby, an organization where he/she spends the most time outside school hours volunteering, a particular artistic or musical talent that he/she truly enjoys (as opposed to being forced to play because his/her parents thought it would be a good idea), and so on. What I've just described may seem inconceivable, or even unfair to many of the students and perspective students here at CD, but honestly, the sooner you realize that your ultimate success will be measured not by your GMAT/GRE/TOEFL scores, but by how well you can use your skills and talents to accomplish something unique and meaningful, the more likely you'll lead a balanced, successful life. 
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