Tens of thousands of students went to Hongkong to participate in college entrance examination, the United States has travel agent

Two days ago, a"The United States of AmericaCollege entrance examination "SAT just held, inHongkongThe test subject is, in Chinese mainland examinee.

As more and more students choose to go to the United States of America undergraduate, as the United States the important reference for the SAT exam, forms the upsurge in china. Many training institutions involved, the formation of the expensive SAT training market. On the other hand, for students to Hongkong to test, but also gave birth to theTravelingIntermediary "examination group".

Expensive "cost" with Hongkong to test the position more and more nervous, "why, no room" has become a topic. Deputy Secretary General of the China Education Association for international exchange, Zova think, in the short term, could not let SAT examination.

7 December 1st morning, HongkongAsiaInternational Exhibition Hall of the waiting hall is crowded.

Play time is 7:45, the candidates in advance to wait.

Many training institutions in the field of information, education. Students in the examination time, parents listen to lectures in the off-site training institutions.

Here is the SAT test. These students, more than 95% from the mainland. At present, no SAT test.

SAT achievement is an important reference for the undergraduate American institutions of higher learning, known as the "American college entrance examination", is "a great project of the college entrance examination". With the approaching of American University application deadline, this time in December 1st, the number of candidates is a relatively small, the entire exhibition hall set up two examination.

According to Hongkong media reports, in recent years in Hongkong to participate in the SAT exam mainland students number of successive surge. From 2007 October to 2008 June, a total of about 7000 people to Hongkong to participate in the examination, the examination room of Hongkong more than 95% of total number of candidates. From 2008 October to 2009 June, doubled, to more than 1.5 people.

This year, according to the New Oriental training institutions, the number of each test average of over million people.

A year can take part in the 6 SAT exam, every certain time, composed of students and parents who dances in Hong kong. With SAT forms the upsurge, related training institutions,TravelingShe also formed a market chain.

����Million people in Hong Kong "unprecedented"

People the examination, candidates queueing for hundreds of meters, some parents have no place to stand, even standing on the pot

����BeijingThe examinee Xiaoxiao, a year in the three SAT exam.

Let I was impressed by the October the field. It is this year the largest number, one of the largest SAT test. Although the AsiaWorld-Expo was described as a "million people room", but 70000 square meters, more than 10 exhibition hall, still crowded, the examinee team for hundreds of meters, some parents do not have the station, station to the pot.

I stand in the crowd, continue to the end of the examination room. Of course, she also saw his classmates, they took part in the recent two SAT exam.

Some candidates will continue to participate in the examination in order to "brush", again with the highest scores for the school.

In the rustling, the last time in October because many people, examination is a bit confusing. In the examination of the end of the 1 o'clock in the afternoon, until the two candidates, and queuing gradually walked out of the room.

Each SAT examination is over, the intermediary would rush up. They had rented a booth in the examination room door, or rent a bus carrying students and parents back to the hotel, using the way of advertising time.

Recalls a "SAT" recently sent, Beijing New Oriental School SAT examination group responsible person Li Chun said: a grand occasion, the expected.

In December 2nd, Deputy Secretary General of the China Education Association for international exchange, Zova said, an American embassy embassy had recently introduced him to 2012, a total of 200000 Chinese students to the United States the United States of America, the undergraduate number increase greatly.

According to Zongwa introduced, in terms of American universities, and will not SAT scores as the first criteria for admission, but because of China's special national conditions, admitted to the American University Chinese students can measure relatively less, "for Chinese students,, can be compared to what? Last only a fraction."

Beijing New Oriental School data show, since 2003, the number of students in the mainland to the foreign undergraduate maintained an annual growth of 30%, the students went to the United States accounted for half of all study abroad.

����The number of underlying economic reasons

More and more families can afford to send their children abroad, on the other hand, educational institutes in the United States also want to alleviate the economic pressure through the international student

New Oriental School SAT examination group responsible person Li Chun took the biggest "SAT group", the scale reached about 700 people.

"SAT" is from scratch. Related training institutions from around 2003, in cooperation with travel agencies, 6 times a year, groups with students traveling to Hongkong to participate in college entrance examination.

Beijing New Oriental School America examination department director Fan Meng said, 9 years ago, many people still do not know what SAT is. 2003.ShanghaiNew Oriental office played in mainland China the first SAT exam training, only attracted dozens of students.

Fan Meng remembered, by 2005, the number of New Oriental SAT training class, but about 30 people.

During this period, Duke International Education founder Wu Yunong, hoping to popularize SAT training, but in China can't find any information related to the SAT, "we can only bring back the books from the United States of america."

Wu Yunong was in a foreign language school admission domestic first-tier cities, feel "very laborious".

SAT was developed by the American University board design examination, the original intention is to provide a unified standard and test for the national university entrance exam, be one step admission.

Today, SAT has more than 2000000 high school students to participate in the United States each year, almost all of the American University, especially the Ivy League schools admit and require the applicant to provide SAT scores.

For Chinese students, especially in application of American University is ranked in the top 50 of the University, SAT scores must be provided, the University's website will normally be marked clearly the result of SAT standard.

Wu Yunong remember, starting around 2007, the number of Chinese to participate in the SAT exam to show significant growth.

Famous education experts Xiong Bingqi said, the domestic study abroad toll growth trend is consistent: also in 2007, the number of students going abroad the growth of more than 15%, compared with the previous is a large increase.

Xiong Bingqi think, one is economic development so that more families have children abroad for economic strength, on the other hand, the college entrance examination system of education is more and more to be criticized, it is also one of the factors to increase the number of students studying abroad.

Fan Meng analysis, around 2007, China's economic development is good, but the United States economic situation is not optimistic, the United States Department of education began to throw more Chinese candidates olive branch. In recent years, the economic crisis in the United States of America impact, many American university is reduced to recruit Chinese students threshold, also relax the visa policy, hoping to strengthen the economic strength of the school to recruit international students.

����The expanding "market"

A training institutions in the last yearXi'anStatistics, interested in participating in the SAT students 200 people, more than 1000 people this year

An impressed Wu Yunong details, Asian International Exhibition Hall hung a banner a narrow, students more and more attention to this market, it has no enough space to do publicity.

At the same time, which participate in the SAT exam has changed.

A few years ago, in Beijing, Shanghai,GuangzhouAnd other first-tier cities, the top students in middle school will prepare for the top edge of the national college entrance examination and take the SAT exam. And the two or three line of the city of SAT did not know how many candidates.

Wu Yunong remember two years ago, he went toHenanA three line city propaganda SAT, a famous school old headmaster waved, said: "not interested in even three the school exam is not only to the United States, we do not need here."

Beijing New Oriental School SAT examination group responsible person Li Chun felt the same way, about 3 years ago, the polarization in the SAT exam seriously, or elite, or feel at home and not getting into University students.

Now, the exam is moving to the ordinary high school, the two or three line of the city, more and more different types of students hope to be able to pass the SAT examination to the United States of america. Wu Yunong said, last year he in Xi'an SAT training institutions in statistical number are willing to take the SAT exam is 200, this year the statistics are more than 1000 people.

Li Chun estimated his current with the SAT group, non first-tier cities candidates, about 40% to a group.

At present there is no detailed statistics on the number of annual examination of the candidates to participate in the SAT, estimation of several training industry, the number of SAT exam this year's average each blasting million people. One of the candidates often attend two or three exams to "brush".

American University Council official examination institutions SAT said in an interview with Chinese media interview said, though never released in China the total number to take the SAT exam, but to be sure, the number of Chinese mainland students to take the SAT exam than other places all significant growth.

According to the introduction, in recent years, more and more students can provide good SAT performance in the application of American University, this also let a lot of Chinese students of American University enrollment.

����ShenzhenSchool Committee of the international system of parents who He Haiping introduced, in 2009, Shenzhen middle school has two or three people to the United States of America undergraduate, to 2012, the number increased to 95 people.

Reportedly, 2009 Shenzhen secondary schools have set up independent "international system", inviting foreign teachers in class.

He Haiping will this change due to the parents of the undergraduate education in the United States recognized, school guidance, as well as the economic strength of the growing Chinese family.