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Abstract: According to the latest survey report released by Zhaopin.com, the number of college graduates reached 11.79 million in 2024, a record high. In contrast, the number of applicants for the 2024 postgraduate entrance examination was 4.38 million, 360,000 less than last year, the first decline since the continuous growth in 2015.

Postgraduate study is increasingly seen as a "very low cost-effective" option. For "older" postgraduate graduates, they need to bear more risks if they are off track: not only is it difficult to find a job in the new professional path, but even if they want to return to their original job, it becomes out of reach - companies have also raised the undergraduate degree threshold, and even if the academic qualifications are similar, they tend to recruit younger newcomers.

From a practical point of view, some people have found the most valuable path to graduate school: getting the status of a fresh graduate and entering the system. Of course, some people want to seek more possibilities purely to realize their original dreams.

Here are some stories from older graduate students:

Text | Yin Shenglin Editor | Wang Yiran

Former retail industry buyer 30 years old 2024 Business Administration major

From the start of the autumn recruitment in September last year to now, I can’t remember how many resumes I have submitted. The results of my “wide-scale application” were not ideal. I only got three or four interview opportunities, and currently I have only received a sales offer from a bank selling credit cards.