Interest among Chinese in attending universities in the United States continues to grow at an astounding rate. The Washington Post reveals that students are drawn to the U.S. due to the high esteem in which its universities are held in China and because of America’s position in the world economy. According to the article:

In the past three years, the number of Chinese applicants to Georgetown University’s freshman class rose from 95 to 208. At George Mason University, the total went from 54 to almost 100, and at George Washington University, it increased from 170 to 350. Brown University’s applications went from 166 to nearly 500, and Stanford University’s, from 268 to more than 400. At the University of Washington, the number soared from about 250 three years ago to nearly 1,600 this year.

And don’t expect this trend to abate anytime soon. Say what you will about the economy; U.S. colleges are still considered by the Chinese as #1 in higher education.

“People just think the education offered in the U.S. is undoubtedly the best in the world,” said Betty Xiong, 20, a U-Va. junior from Shanghai.

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