‘Go ashore’ to graduate school: millions cheer online as Chinese student passes out with excitement after acing decisive exams to leave life’s uncertain waters behind
- Ordeal of girl who faints over high-scoring exam results comes after a year of frantic, isolated study far away from home
- Her obvious relief reflects the pressure students across China endure in the run-up to examinations which go a long way to deciding their future
A Chinese girl who fainted from excitement over the high grades she achieved in her post-graduate admission exams has sent mainland social media into a congratulatory spin.
According to the online media outlet Muzhi Videos, she passed out in the coastal city of Taizhou in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang.
The girl was taken to hospital on February 21 after being overcome with excitement and relief on finding out she had scored 429 points in her preliminary tests for China’s graduate school entrance exams.
Students in China are required to take a written test with a total score of 500 in late December before being qualified for an interview assessment in March to enroll in postgraduate studies.
The girl’s mother, Jiang, told Muzhi Videos: “She had been studying alone in Yunnan and hadn’t been home for a year in preparation for the tests.”
Jiang said that her daughter, who attended university in Yunnan province, rented a place to live in the run-up to her exams and chose not to use her mobile phone at all during the lengthy period of study.