Peking University senior failed to secure postgraduate entrance examination

The first time I wrote on Zhihu, I just wanted to tell my own story.

The story I want to tell starts from the college entrance examination:

I am a girl who grew up in a rural area. In 2018, I was admitted to a 985 university in Shanghai from Jiangsu, majoring in minor languages, with a class of about 20 people. Later, everyone became friends and knew each other well, and the atmosphere was great. The teachers are also very nice and loving. In short, study life is very happy.

I have studied well since childhood, and I have not relaxed in college. My grades have always been very good, and I have achieved perfect grades in all subjects for several semesters. Sometimes I can get perfect scores in professional courses, and my teachers privately praise me for being the only perfect scorer in my many years of teaching career. The fourth-year junior high school examination score ranked second in the country, one point lower than the first place, and was commended by the department. My grades have always been very high and I have received scholarships every year.

I started to study for graduate school in the first semester of my senior year. At that time, my grade point average was 3.94 (full grade is 4), and I was ranked first in my major.

The day the rules for graduate school came out, I knew that I was not worthy.

The rules of postgraduate protection that year can be summarized in a few words: Those who get extra points win the world!

Let’s talk about the result first: the research failed. There are three places for postgraduate study in the class, and I ranked fourth.

Why is it only ranked fourth despite being close to full results? Because the top three have added a lot of points.

Why can they add a lot of points? Because all three of them participated in games that allowed extra points (they didn’t know whether they could get extra points when they participated). Each player has 1 game bonus point at that time. The first place has also published 1 article, which will give you more points.

I am a quiet, introverted and conservative person (I have no problem with interpersonal relationships). I usually don’t like to participate in any competitions or activities, and I don’t want to go even if I am invited. I didn’t learn how to write a paper in college, so I just took classes.

To put it bluntly, I basically treated college as high school. I never brush up on grade points (because the class atmosphere is so good, I don’t even know what brushing up on grade points is; and for a small language major like ours with zero foundation, all we learn at the beginning are basic knowledge, and we can master it if we work hard), I just conscientiously "read only the books of sages", so my professional grades are very good, and probably nothing else. I am a typical negative teaching material. I guess if people find out, they can start a class to analyze me hahahahahahaha.

When I found out that I had failed to apply for graduate school, I thought it was ridiculous - I had almost full grades but failed to get admitted to graduate school. I really couldn’t understand and couldn’t keep up with this era.

Let me start by saying that I really like and admire the students who have successfully passed the postgraduate program. .

But what about myself? Do I qualify for medical insurance? Judging from the results, it’s not worthy!

When I was a sophomore and junior year, my teachers all said that I could definitely get into graduate school. That's right, according to the rules of research protection in previous years, it is definitely possible. Once upon a time, it should be a joke for students with perfect grades to fail to apply for postgraduate studies. But reality tells me: things are different now. Grade points are not that important, and extra points are the way to go. Maybe people like me are no longer adapted to the times. Survival of the fittest, the weak and the strong, there is nothing to say.

The story is over. In short, I am a negative example. Just don’t live like a joke like me. I hope everyone who reads this story can learn from it.