The thing is, now that MIT is saying it, (a few) more people might be willing to listen. I've worked with lots of students, preparing them to take the SAT and for the American collegiate experience and you're right to point out that China, among other Asian countries suffers from this to a great degree. However, given the volume of students and international students applying to U.S. universities and colleges and the entrenched position that ETS (what a clever racket, eh?) holds, I don't believe that this will change too much within the next 10 years. In the end, I think the real surprise (for me) is that there is such little outcry against education and its auxiliary services as big business and the effect that conducting education as business is having on people's lives. I've never even heard of the IB system. Do you feel like those classes were worth taking?