Do self-study exams for adults, college entrance exams for adults, and correspondence courses mean the same thing? Is there any difference?

Correspondence education is a form of adult college entrance examination.

1. Comparison of admission thresholds: The Adult Higher Education Entrance Examination is a unified national admissions examination. Schools select the best students based on test results. The unified examination is held once a year. There is no entrance examination for the self-study examination. Candidates take a single subject examination and are issued a certificate of passing if they pass one subject. After passing all subjects, an academic certificate is issued. There are two exams every year, and candidates choose exam subjects according to the situation. 2. Comparison of learning methods: The adult college entrance examination mainly includes off-the-job learning, part-time learning, correspondence learning and other learning methods. Self-study exams are mainly self-study, and you can also participate in self-study classes organized by other social training forces or exam-taking schools. 3. Comparison of enrollment targets: The enrollment scope of the adult college entrance examination includes working people, employees and other people in society. Generally, those who apply for junior college or undergraduate programs from high school must have obtained a diploma from a general high school, a secondary vocational school or a vocational and technical school or equivalent academic qualifications. Those who apply for undergraduate courses starting from junior college should have a diploma from junior college or above in the national education series. Candidates who take the self-study exam are not restricted by gender, age, ethnicity, race and education level. It is a completely open education. Even if they only have a junior high school diploma, they can sign up for the self-study exam. 4. Comparison of study years: The study time for the adult college entrance examination varies depending on the enrollment level, major and study method. It can take as short as 2 years and as long as 5-6 years. The self-study examination takes the form of divided examinations, accumulation of credits, and finally obtaining a diploma, and is not restricted by the semester or academic year system. 5. Comparison of study costs: To participate in the adult college entrance examination, the tuition fee for public schools is generally about 3,500 yuan per academic year, while private schools are higher. If you are just self-study, you only need to pay the examination fee and textbook fee. The examination fee is 20 yuan per subject. If you take a tutoring class, there is also a tutoring fee. The tutoring class fee is about 500 yuan per subject. 6. Comparison of enrollment colleges Adult colleges and universities can be divided into evening colleges and correspondence classes held by ordinary colleges and universities, independently established adult colleges and universities, such as district amateur colleges, staff colleges, radio and television universities, management cadre colleges, education colleges, etc. In recent years Later, private universities and independent secondary colleges were added. For self-study examinations, ordinary colleges and universities are the main examination schools, and the main examination schools or social training institutions provide training for self-study examinations. 7. Comparison of the value of certificates: Adult college entrance examinations and self-study examinations both issue nationally recognized academic certificates. Graduation certificate holders are treated the same as similar graduates from ordinary universities and can take the master's degree examination, civil service examination, judicial examination, etc. Anyone who meets the relevant requirements can apply to obtain a bachelor's degree. If there is anything else you want to know, you can add me!