[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