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The ratio of Jews is therefore closer to 3 percenta plummeting drop from 1935 when it was 13 percent. Despite this drastic decline. Jewish university enrollment. on a population basis. still ranks highest among nationality groups. But it is clear that the quota system compels the Jewish student to perform at a much higher level of achievement than his nonJewish colleagues if he is to get equal recognition. A Leningrad professor is quoted by Maurice Hindus that a Jew must be especially gifted. "something like a genius. to be admitted to aspirantura (postgraduate work)."" The pattern of discrimination is an uneven one. Jews find it less difficult to be admitted to Leningrad University than to Moscow University.