about the French higher education system

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Fact is, if you pass the exam, you’re in. One of the top students in math that year was the son of an African American from Los Angeles who emigrated to Europe, believing his dark skinned children would have a better shot at making it there rather than in Compton, where they lived. His children went to regular French public schools, the older boy chosing to do the prepas and getting into Ecole Normale. One can be very cynical about meritocracy, but there are instances when it exists, and works. This was case in point.

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<p>How would you handicap the chances at Harvard for an African American from Compton with SAT scores that could be compared to the scores needed to gain acceptance level at a Grande Ecole? What do you think this person would need as his or her SAT to have an incredible chance to be attending a highly selective school in Boston? </p>

<p>This said, I do not really know if dark skinned children have a better chance at making it in Paris than in the United States.</p>