Just creating more schools is not going to solve any problem. The real problem lies elsewhere: lack of opportunities if you don't go to top tier schools.<p>Look at similar test-prep crap going on in the states. It is very easy for a california resident to get into a community college or a state university like San Jose state, San Diego State, etc. It is even easy to get into UC Merced, UC Irvine, etc.<p>Who are happy to send their kids to community colleges and state universities in California? The kids of those who work in the service sector. Like hispanics, african americans, etc. Esp those who did not go to college are happy to see their kids at community college or state schools.<p>If you look at folks who work for tech companies in the silicon valley, you see a different pattern: these parents want to send their kids to HYP (harvard, yale, princeton), S(stanford), etc. And these parents don't want their kids to become worker-bees (also known as engineers); they want them to succeed (of course, financially).<p>What is financial success in the states? How many of valley engineers have succeeded financially? Most of them end up with nothing after mortgages, day care, 2 hours commute, etc.
So, they look at those who have made it. Usually, it is in finance and law; even here, we have to be selective: the local branch manager at Bank of America is called VP, but without any financial rewards. So, it boils down to jobs in PE (private equity firms like KKR, Blackstone), HF (Hedge funds like the defunct SAC), IB (Investment banks, esp blue chip ones like Goldman Sachs), etc. To get jobs in these elite companies, a normal person (those without wealth or prior connections) can try to get there via HYP undergrad, or HS business schools, HYS law schools. Many parents, if given a chance, will try to push their kids there: if the kid is not doing well, they can't push him that much.<p>Just go to collegeconfidential.com and see what American kinds are after. They are just playing like the chinese kids: extra curriculars, well-roundedness, sports, (fake) volunteering. If they get admitted to HYP, then they look for ways to get top grades: buy note prepared by earlier students or take easy courses.<p>I knew a girl who went to UC Irvine. ANd she wanted to get into one of HYS (hardvard, yale, stanford) law schools. She got a nice LSAT score. Yet she took one year off, went to India to work for some NGO there, only to boost her chances of getting into top schools.