今年我们这儿的高中毕业生

两个人并列第一名，一个小中，一个小白。
小中被哈佛等前四名的大学通通录取，选择去哈佛。小白去AMHURST　COLLEGE。美国人好象并不一定要去他们能去的最好的学校。我们中国人好象是能去第一决不去第二，能去第二决不去第三。
能分析分析这是为什么吗？

所有跟帖： 

• 中国人喜欢名声好听吧? 不过... -云河- ♀ (18 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 10:30:36

• Tuition is too high in 哈佛等前四名 -jill08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 10:35:37

• This is very untrue -贫论元- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 10:45:44

• Not? $50-60,000/year -jill08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 12:40:26

• 回复：Not? $50-60,000/year -贫论元- ♂ (157 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 13:12:57

• For middle class families, financial aids are not possible. -jill08- ♀ (96 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 13:20:27

• 回复：For middle class families, financial aids are not possible. -贫论元- ♂ (123 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 13:34:05

• 我的分析 -expectingMM- ♀ (254 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 10:53:51

• Good 分析 -贫论元- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 13:16:36

• Amherst is the best liberal arts college -屋漏痕- ♂ (29 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 10:54:26

• so，人和人没太大的差别。:) -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (95 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 11:07:04

• The difference is that the list of the things -屋漏痕- ♂ (32 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 11:17:36

• 你给的case就是想说：华人更重名利，美人常考虑兴趣爱好。but -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (142 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 10:59:30

• 回复：你给的case就是想说：华人更重名利，美人常考虑兴趣爱好。but -blahduh- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 12:17:21

• 回复：你给的case就是想说：华人更重名利，美人常考虑兴趣爱好。but -blahduh- ♂ (54 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 12:18:37

• Yes, we say things only statistically. -贫论元- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 13:15:33

• 回复：not much difference between harvard and Amherst College -贫论元- ♂ (65 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 13:14:31

• Yes, but not Chinese -贫论元- ♂ (13 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 13:39:19

• west point? 西点军校？专门做西式糕点的学校吗？哪里比蛤佛学校好：） -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 13:48:40

• 对，训练军人做西点的。 -贫论元- ♂ (12 bytes) () 05/20/2009 postreply 13:59:45