Precise current data on private schools are unavailable, but interviews with representatives of independent and religious schools all told the same story: a glut of applicants, higher rejection rates.

我们无法得到有关私立学校的确切的最新数据，但是采访私立学校和教会学校代表的情况表明，这些学校的情况都是一样的：入学申请者供过于求，落选率高居不下。

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For Saudi Arabia, the host country, the mass religious event involving a precise set of symbolic rituals, is hugely significant.

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