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05-06-2019, 12:06 PM

The answer is status. They get to brag to their peers that their son/daughter is going to Stanford. Our culture doesn't see it that way, but theirs does.

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Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by sanantone - 05-05-2019, 11:43 AM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by jsd - 05-05-2019, 12:05 PM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by MNomadic - 05-05-2019, 12:20 PM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by sanantone - 05-05-2019, 12:45 PM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by Supermind - 05-06-2019, 11:16 AM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by dfrecore - 05-06-2019, 11:54 AM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by davewill - 05-06-2019, 12:06 PM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by Ideas - 05-06-2019, 12:18 PM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by Jonathan Whatley - 05-06-2019, 12:41 PM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by Life_One - 05-06-2019, 04:29 PM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by Life Long Learning - 05-06-2019, 07:08 PM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by dfrecore - 05-06-2019, 08:01 PM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by Jonathan Whatley - 05-06-2019, 08:49 PM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by Merlin - 05-07-2019, 01:30 AM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by armstrongsubero - 05-07-2019, 10:18 AM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by nyvrem - 05-07-2019, 10:46 AM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by sanantone - 05-07-2019, 07:33 PM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by dfrecore - 05-08-2019, 11:18 AM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by Jonathan Whatley - 05-08-2019, 11:40 AM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by armstrongsubero - 05-08-2019, 12:40 PM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by sanantone - 05-08-2019, 04:51 PM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by ReyMysterioso - 05-12-2019, 11:07 AM

RE: Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges - by PrettyFlyforaChiGuy - 05-20-2019, 12:35 PM

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