Soviet College Admission – My Dad's Story (1970)
10 months ago
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- A 17-year-old boy in 1970 Soviet Union aspired to study telecommunications at a military university in St. Petersburg.
- The Soviet university admission process required in-person exams and allowed only one application, with conscription as the alternative.
- After a challenging journey and passing rigorous exams, the boy was denied admission due to unofficial anti-Semitic quotas.
- Through persistence and leveraging a conflict committee, he eventually secured admission to a civilian telecommunications university.
- He graduated top of his class in 1975 and contributed to pioneering fiber optic technology in the Soviet Union.