[thaumasiotes]

> Under a program introduced in 2019 for high-school students starting that year, students are to create portfolios to be used for university applications, which include their grades, extracurricular activities and other information related to their character and achievements.

They're not using entrance examinations? How did this happen?

[momofarm]

the portfolios is only part of the overall record for application process. Education ministry also requires students take standard exams.

http://www.jbcrc.edu.tw/multi3.html

its in chinese, and I guess there is no (need) for english version because rich parent who speak English will send kids abroad to better colledges.

[thaumasiotes]

I assumed exams still existed. But how did the portfolio get in there? Who thought "what our system needs is some extra corruption and subjectivity"?

[momofarm]

still exists, but it depends on colledge admission board's decision to take what they want (profilo or exam or both)

[garmaine]

Exams don’t give the whole picture.

[momofarm]

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/coll...

but after looking the brief intro of how us colledge doing recruiting students, I believe my gov (Taiwan) is going to the (almost) same way