Chapter 265 Can software also be rented?

As if afraid that Lin Hui would not believe it, Huang Jing then added: "Although the education system of American universities has long been known for elite education, and top universities have always adhered to the principle of elite education, in actual implementation it is not Elitist theory, many times the implementation of some rules in education is quite flexible.

Take the admission of college students as an example. Although many top universities in the United States claim to conduct admissions mainly based on the level of students rather than other factors.

But in fact, very few people in the American university system actually do this.

The actual rules implemented by American universities during admissions are very flexible.

You know, the United States is a country with a very developed alumni culture. For students of the same level, American universities often give priority to the children of alumni.

This strategy is euphemistically called "heritage" by American universities. Due to the consideration of this "heritage", many times there is no fairness in admissions.

This so-called ‘inheritance’ is not so much the ‘inheritance of culture’ as it is the inheritance of ‘giving and being supported’.

Unlike domestic universities that mainly rely on grants, many universities in the United States rely on donations to obtain their main funding.

The alumni group of American universities is the main source of donations for a school.

As the bread and butter of American universities, alumni who have donated money naturally expect returns from the school, and the school's return can only be academic reciprocation."

Huang Jing continued: "Many alumni who donated huge sums of money, even though their children's level is significantly lower than many eliminated applicants, still stood out and successfully obtained admission qualifications.

Take Harvard University, which has attracted much media attention, as an example. Under normal circumstances, the admission rate of this school is only 10%.

However, for members of the University Resource Council (a fundraising organization composed of major donors to Harvard University), the admission rate for their children is over 60%...

There are many similar examples. Many people think that the United States is indifferent to humanity, but no matter how indifferent it is, it is still due to human factors, and where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

By giving these examples, I just want to say that it is not impossible to do it in American universities.

There are many ways, the simplest is probably to throw money.

Many times in many universities in the United States, as long as you are willing to spend money, you can do whatever you want."

In fact, what Huang Jing said was roughly clear to Lin Hui.

It’s nothing more than a shortcut for money-making players.

How can a country that can transform bribery into political donations have fewer academic scandals?

Lin Hui remembered reading a book in a previous life written by Daniel King, the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal, which described the U.S. college admissions scandal.

In short, the content described in the book is roughly similar to what Huang Jing said, and Lin Hui probably knows all of this.

According to the description in the book, in order to raise funds, some American universities are no longer willing to just attract money through alumni associations.

They may even engage in charity activities under the guise of education to make money out of nothing.

Even though I have a clear understanding of the principles behind it, as the saying goes, know what is white and guard what is black.

Even though Lin Hui knew these things very well, he obviously disdained them.

However, Lin Hui did not refuse Huang Jing's kindness.

Lin Hui said: "Actually, I have heard about what you just said, but how come I also heard that international students are very discriminated against in American universities? Even if there are many unspoken rules, I am afraid that it will be very difficult for overseas students to operate. It’s difficult.”

Huang Jing nodded: "It is true that American universities often discriminate when it comes to admission.

There is no way. As long as there are superior people, naturally many people will unknowingly become relatively inferior. Many top schools in the United States have to take care of the children of the powerful and the descendants of the alumni association, but at the same time, they must also obey federal laws and states. Legislate that blacks and other races should also be admitted normally.

As a result, when the number of enrollment does not change much every year, the result is to squeeze the enrollment scale of other groups.

At this time, the most severely harmed are international students, and the most severely harmed international students are international students from Asia.

After all, in the United States, rhetoric such as ‘Asians are just test machines’ and ‘Asians lack innovation’ are quite popular.

This type of statement is probably the most overt and politically correct form of racial discrimination in the United States.

All in all, if international students from Asia want to enter top universities in the United States, they must have much higher scores and much stronger strengths than others.

However, this is only for general situations, and those with strong capital can completely ignore these rules.

Even if it is an Asian student, it may be more difficult to do it in person.

However, it is not difficult to find some local American legal teams or more professional lobbying teams to operate on your behalf.

In America, as long as you have money, you can do whatever you want.

Although in your current situation, you obviously don’t have to worry about admission qualifications to prestigious schools.

But when it comes to advancing academically, there is a shortcut by throwing money at it.

If you feel that studying is boring, as long as you are willing to make a certain academic contribution, it is actually easy to obtain the corresponding degree.

Even by donating directly to some projects, it is not impossible to rise to the top and directly study for a doctorate in the teams of many Nobel Prize winners.

You must know that in the United States, where Nobel Prizes and Philippine awards are everywhere, many times the only preferential treatment a big boss receives after winning the Nobel Prize is just an extra parking space.

If the practicality or commerciality of the project is not strong enough, many Nobel laureate projects are made by landlords who have no surplus.

In short, many Nobel laureates are actually very short of money. Once the money is available, it is not impossible for them to help you with your graduation thesis.

Under such circumstances, even if you want to go further academically or even reach the top in one step, it is effortless.

Even if you don’t join the teams of these Nobel Prize-winning experts, you can achieve similar effects by getting letters of recommendation from some prestigious academic figures...

European and American universities still attach great importance to letters of recommendation.

The adoption of a recommendation letter system is conducive to forming a more homogeneous academic community.

Let people who enter this circle consciously be the gatekeepers of this circle.

The formation of such an academic community is not entirely for the purpose of forming cliques.

Rather, it is because a community helps everyone work in a common direction and is conducive to the development of a certain school of thought in a certain subject or field.

The above statement can be applied to an academic community at a young age, but can actually be extended to the entire social class at a larger scale.

This is another deep-seated reason why European and American schools attach great importance to letters of recommendation, making full use of the interpersonal resources of the elite.

In the final analysis, it is still a circle culture. In short, it is easy to get some letters of recommendation from Daben, which will help you to achieve success in your academic career..."

Huang Jing is telling the truth, and you can indeed act according to this method.

Lin Hui also has the ability to do things. To be honest, the wealth Lin Hui is about to acquire can almost sponsor half of the presidential election of the United States.

It's actually easy to get a degree.

Many people would even be happy to give Lin Hui various degrees.

Still, it doesn't seem necessary.

Anyway, Lin Hui felt that if he had the strength, there was no need to go around the bush.

What Lin Hui cares more about is academic appeal, academic voice and corresponding authority.

And not just the degree itself.

Seemingly seeing that Lin Hui was not interested in these contents, Huang Jing no longer persisted in persuading Lin Hui to take shortcuts in terms of academic studies.

Huang Jing participated in the academic conversation when Lin Hui and Eve Carly first met.

Huang Jing knew that the research conducted by Lin Hui and Eve Kali on text summarization algorithms mainly used artificial neural networks as a framework to represent data and process and adjust a large amount of data, so as to form a usable algorithm model.

Although she is not very clear about the technical details of what Lin Hui and Eve Kali have done, Huang Jing feels that a person like Eve Kali, who is not low in academic attainments, is willing to lead the horse, whip and saddle for Lin Hui, and wants to come to Lin Hui. The technology developed is also of great value.

And as a computer-related employee, I have never eaten pork and I have seen pigs running away.

Huang Jing also generally knows that research directions related to machine learning are the most cutting-edge technologies in the field of computer applications.

In other words, if Lin Hui is not weak in technology and has the help of professionals, he can still achieve academic achievements even if he does not take advantage of opportunities.

And it can be expected that Lin Hui’s achievements will not be small.

After all, when it came to cooperation on many projects before, Lin Hui's character of doing a good job or not is so impressive.

Having said that, some things are not entirely dependent on one's will.

Huang Jing still couldn't help but remind Lin Hui: "Lin, I know that a strong person like you is not very willing to take shortcuts, and always wants to rely on strength to speak.

However, ordinary people are not guilty, but they are guilty of carrying a treasure. Have you ever thought that your skills can push you to a certain academic height?

But also because you are indispensable to a certain technology, it is easy to be deliberately restricted and difficult to achieve good results?"

Lin Hui said: "Are you saying that in the future, the instructor may deliberately block graduation or refuse to award the corresponding degree?"

Huang Jing said: "If you can detect that Tao is deliberately blocking you, it only means that the tutor is not proficient in his business.

It's easy to deal with this kind of attack in the open, but it's difficult to deal with it when it stumbles you secretly. It's easy to hide from an open gun and hard to defend against a hidden arrow."

Lin Hui said: "Don't worry, Eve Carly has told me many things related to American academics before, I will pay more attention."

Huang Jing said: "This is exactly what I am worried about, that Eve Carly seems to be a very pure person.

The impression she conveys to you about the American academic circle is very likely to be all majestic and honorable, but in fact it is not the case.

It’s not that she is deliberately misleading you, it’s just that everyone looks at things from a different perspective, and naturally gains different things.

Like Eve Carly, who is obsessed with academics, there are some things that she may not care about very much, so she has never noticed them.

But as someone who has dabbled in academics, I still need to remind you that there has never been an ivory tower in the true sense of the word, no matter where it is.

Maybe these words will slightly destroy the beauty in your heart, but I don’t want a big ship like yours to be trapped by chains."
To be continued...