<p>tega,</p>
<p>You missed the point. The point isn’t to say they are smarter; going through a more hellish curriculum doesn’t make you more intelligent. In fact, I think gaokao curriculum tends to suppress creativity and originality. I agree with you that the very smart kids at the US high schools would do just as well as top students in China if they go through the same system. But thank God they don’t need to go through that system because they wouldn’t be able to get involve in the kinds of ECs they currently have if they were preparing for gaokao.</p>