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On August 13, Tang Shangjun released a video saying that he had decided to go to college. In the video, he said that after thinking and weighing for a period of time, he decided to end this long high school life and start a new chapter in life. "I decided to go to college this year. I can slowly make up for the regrets left in college, and I can pursue my dreams in college. I am grateful to my family and friends for their understanding and tolerance of my willful pursuit of dreams, and I am grateful to the society for its concern for my future."

Earlier reports:

On the morning of July 24, Tang Shangjun released a video through his personal social account saying that he had been admitted to the Information Engineering major of South China Normal University, and "thank you everyone for your concern."

Tang Shangjun told the reporter that he was not satisfied with the result of the admission because he was transferred to a teacher training program. His first choice was mathematics and his second choice was chemistry.

When asked whether he would go to college this year, Tang Shangjun said that he still needed to think about it, "I am also asking myself this question."

It was previously reported that in 2016, a 30-minute documentary "Gaokao Shi" recording Tang Shangjun's participation in the college entrance examination for many consecutive years was broadcast on Guangxi TV, and Tang Shangjun's experience came into the public eye.

Tang Shangjun, born in 1989, grew up in a remote mountain village in Shangsi County, Fangchenggang City, Guangxi. Since 2009, Tang Shangjun has taken the college entrance examination 16 times. The previous 15 times were 372 points in 2009, 405 points in 2010, 475 points in 2011, 505 points in 2012, 530 points in 2013, 573 points in 2014, 587 points in 2015, 625 points in 2016, 570 points in 2017, 619 points in 2018, 646 points in 2019, 619 points in 2020, 591 points in 2021, 597 points in 2022, and 594 points in 2023. He explained that the reason he insisted on repeating the exam was because he did not do well in the exam at first, "at least get into a second-tier university." Later, my grades improved. When I did well in the exams, I felt hopeful and thought I could do even better if I repeated the year, or even get into Tsinghua University. But when I did not do well in the exams, I felt unwilling to accept it.

Over the years, Tang Shangjun has been admitted to famous universities such as China University of Political Science and Law, Xiamen University, Guangxi University, and Chongqing University, but he did not go to study. In 2022, Tang Shangjun scored 597 points and was admitted to the nursing major of Shanghai Jiaotong University. His family and friends urged him to study. In the end, he hesitated and did not report. He felt that the major was not suitable, and he did not perform well in the college entrance examination this time. "Although I may not be able to get into Tsinghua or Peking University (next year), I am confident that I will do better than this year."

This year is the first year of Guangxi's new college entrance examination, which is conducted in the "3+1+2" mode. The examination subjects include 3 national unified examination subjects and 3 optional examination subjects. After the college entrance examination this year, on June 10, Tang Shangjun posted a video on his personal social account saying that he felt that his performance was average.

On the morning of June 26, Tang Shangjun updated a video titled "Score Checking Moment" on a social platform. The video censored the last two digits of his 16th college entrance examination score, but revealed that the total score was a "6". Tang Shangjun said that this score was not much different from what he expected, which was a little regrettable, but many things are like this, "there is no regret for hard work, and hard work always pays off."

Tang Shangjun once revealed in a live broadcast that his college entrance examination score this year exceeded 600 points, which was similar to his estimate. Subjects like physics and Chinese did not reach his expected scores. As he was afraid of affecting his college entrance examination application, he would not announce his specific score for the time being.

Previously, Tang Shangjun said many times in media interviews that considering his age and future employment issues, he would give priority to applying to normal colleges.

(Source: @九派新闻, The Paper)