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Some of these Chinese kids also come with an incredible amount of money. I look around our local campus and see kids driving McLarens, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Maseratis, Bentleys, Audi R8s, it's like the set of a Top Gear episode and without exception the drivers are young Chinese.

You've always seen the occasional BMW or Merc at the Greek houses but these cars are insane.

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This is the primary reason since Chinese students have money and pay jacked up tuition (2x or more than in-state). What exactly is the incentive not to recruit? Heck, to ND's shame Dickinson State University went even further and sold bogus degrees. Money is a heck of incentive.

It's sort of the rationale that Ivy schools have always had in accepting a student following a generous "gift" by their parents.

Even as students we figured "well I guess getting a brand new Chemistry building in exchange for giving up one out of the 1000 seats we have in our class isn't such a bad deal."

Truly a "portfolio of students"

> brand new Chemistry building

So, 50+ million in exchange for admission? sounds rather steep. For that amount I think you could find a famous professor willing to go on a 'sabbatical' to tutor you personally for a year.

I think I know how I'm going to spend my lottery jackpot.

50+ mil a year would be an okay tutoring gig.

I paid more than double in-state for out-of-state tuition at Rutgers. Tried to get in-state after living there for a few years and they denied it. All that means is I won't donate to them as an alumni. I, unfortunately, did not have a McLaren to go along with the inflated tuition. I'm still thankful that I went to uni though.

Without the Chinese luxury tax their cars are "budget models" from their perspective.

The plus side of living in a college town loaded with Chinese students is that you can get decent Chinese food rather than the typical Americanized garbage.

> The plus side of living in a college town loaded with Chinese students is that you can get decent Chinese food rather than the typical Americanized garbage.

Really? Chicken feet? Duck heads? Fish eyes? Scorpions-on-a-stick? Meat that's been cut so as to include at least a small portion of bone in each piece?

Unless I miss my guess, you're eating heavily Americanized Chinese food, and you'd hate it if the restaurants suddenly stopped offering that.

First, I resent your caricature of Chinese food. The most 'exotic' dish commonly eaten might be eggplant and chicken over rice - certainly not 'fish eyes and scorpions'! Heck, only Hong Kong-style dim sum places offer chicken feet, the most common dish that you named.

Second, you completely miss the intent of the parent poster. Having more Chinese from the mainland/HK/TW means more authentic food. It doesn't necessarily mean less Kung Pao or General Tso's, it just means you'll have more competition for 'authentic/specialty' foods.

A place I ate lunch at for most of a year had a big bowl of duck heads on display. They were for sale, if you wanted to eat one.

And I don't understand your implication that Kung Pao chicken isn't "authentic" chinese food.

Ugh, just don't. I mean for one thing, the poster is not wrong to point out that college towns often have better/more authentic food (both American and not).

More people with disposable incomes and less time to cook + a large workforce of young adults looking for a part time job = more restaurants and (on average) better food.

> the poster is not wrong to point out that college towns often have better/more authentic food (both American and not)

But he is wrong to say that "authentic" food is superior to Americanized food. Vendors in America Americanize their food for reasons of audience demand (for example, I hate biting into meat and getting a big chunk of bone) -- and I don't believe he's actually aware of which aspects of the food are "authentic" and which are Americanized. A greater variety of dishes offered doesn't mean those dishes are prepared the way they would be at home.

Yeah go to harvard square on a sunday and is Maserati's and 22 yearold's. No offense against them but I mean in all fairness if I was 22 and my dad gave me a ferrari I wouldn't turn it down. Reputation wise though what type of people will they become? Humble down to earth and kind people?

Harvard students _have_ always been noted for their humility... /s

LOL. Where did you get that?

There are even more American kids with the same amount of money.

You just don't notice the international students who come from modest means.

There are Chinese grad students who come from modest means... but not undergrads. Undergrads have to pay the foreign student tuition.

Perhaps, but only the Chinese bring supercars to campus.

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