GaoKao VS SAT & ACT

          The gaokao and the sat and act are all mandatory tests for students in America and the gaokao for students in China. The gaokao has long term effects while the sat and act have short term effects. Although both exams are important, the gaokao can affect your career and your life as a student. The sat and acts are both tests that determine your placement in colleges, not scoring high enough will lead to the enrollment of a public college. The gaokao has harsher consequences and affects your life as a student more than the SAT s and acts.

              The GaoKao is the Chinese national college entrance exam. In China, the National Higher Education Entrance Examination, colloquially known as the GaoKao (Gao meaning high, Kao meaning test), is the ultimate yardstick of academic accomplishment. If one's score is good enough, they will receive entrance into a prestigious university.The gaokao is a standardized test for all students in China.The gaokao is held once annually at the end of the school year. Third-year high school students (high school in China lasts three years) generally take the test, although anyone may register for it if they desire to. The gaokao is an exam that calls for extreme measures when it comes to studying and passing. Many students have studied for days straight, hooking themselves to intravenous drips to give them strength to study for long periods of time. This shows the importance level of this test, the gaokao has high standards and harsh consequences. Failing the gaokao likely means ending up in a factory or construction job, or in other words, not as successful. The intention of the gaokao is to get into a prestigious university or college. Getting into a prestigious university will set your life with a well rounded education and a start to a successful career.

          The SAT is a standardized test widely used for college admissions in the United States.The SAT is a mostly mandatory standardized exam that gives a general consensus on where you stand academically in relationship to the other students of the US. The point of the SATs and ACTs is for other schools to know what you are doing without observing what you do in class. You cannot pass or fail the SATs or ACTs, schools only look at their minimum requirement score."The SAT and SAT Subject Tests are designed to assess your academic readiness for college. These exams provide a path to opportunities, financial support, and scholarships, in a way that's fair to all students. The SAT and SAT Subject Tests keep pace with what colleges are looking for today, measuring the skills required for success in the 21st century." The fallout of the SAT isn't as harsh as the gaokao as it does not determine your overall career and future. The SATs determine what university you get into, that does not mean you won't get into any at all. You are granted a college, it's just a matter of the academic level of it.

          In conclusion, the aftermaths of both the GaoKao and the SATs are different in that the GaoKao has a longer-term effect and harsher consequences and that the SATs sustain a shorter-term effect and have less harsher consequences than the GaoKao.