Is it worth it for high-scoring candidates to give up “985” and enroll in school with an admission quota?
2024-08-15
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The more young people can fully grasp the necessary information, the more they can eliminate the influence of momentary impulse, make rational judgments, and make choices without regrets.。Nowadays, all over the country, a group of college entrance examination candidates with excellent grades are "giving up 985". On the surface, this is a bit puzzling. After all, the college entrance examination is the "big test of life" for many young students. Everyone hopes to get high scores, enter better colleges and majors, and win a higher platform and starting point. However, according to media reports such as "New Weekly", in recent years, there are many high-scoring candidates with "985-level" scores who choose to apply for public-funded normal school students, targeted commissioned students, police schools, etc. The colleges and universities corresponding to these projects are some ordinary undergraduates, and some are even just junior colleges, but they have an extraordinary appeal to some candidates. When asked about the reasons for these candidates' "high scores and low reports", they are almost the same, that is, "one step ahead of others and enrolled in school with an enrollment."Image source:Visual China
Among many universities, the value of "985" is self-evident. Although attending a prestigious university does not 100% guarantee a student's success in the future, for a long time, the general public generally believes that graduates from prestigious universities will have better prospects than ordinary college students. In this case, if someone scores enough to get into a "985" university, but voluntarily gives up the opportunity to enroll and instead goes to a "double non-" university, the first reaction of others is basically surprise, and then they worry about the rationality of their choice. Extreme cases such as "parents forcing high-scoring candidates to study at a normal school" will even be included in TV dramas and become the target of criticism from the audience.However, today, "giving up prestigious schools for a regular job" has become the collective choice of some high-scoring candidates, and society can no longer simply and crudely understand this phenomenon with old perceptions. Only by thinking from the perspective of others and considering the changes in the social environment and concepts in recent years can we decode the social signals behind this trend, understand why young people make this choice, and then provide them with valuable advice so that they can go further and fly higher in the future.It is no secret that the reason why "entering the system with a job" has become more attractive to high-scoring candidates is that it reflects the employment preferences of young people to a large extent. In recent years, influenced by multiple factors such as the supply and demand relationship of employment, the workplace ecology, and the salary and benefits of fresh graduates, more and more young people, including many students from prestigious universities, have begun to regard "entering the system" as an important option. Although students from prestigious universities have certain advantages in the path of "taking the civil service exam and getting a job with a job", they are not as significant as in other career paths.Some high-scoring candidates will naturally think: If the ultimate goal after graduating from university is to enter the system, why not simply apply for those colleges and majors that "come with a system" and "lock in victory" several years in advance?In fact, it is not news that some universities and majors have their own staffing system. It has been like this for many years. But in the past, these universities and majors were not as popular as they are today, which shows that the value and cost-effectiveness of these staffing systems are not particularly high. Today, these universities and majors have suddenly become the "darlings of the college entrance examination", not because the relevant staffing systems have suddenly "appreciated", but because the social employment environment has caused the risk preferences of college entrance examination candidates to change. More and more candidates prefer to pursue stability rather than seek a higher ceiling, so they make this choice.For these candidates, as long as they make their decisions based on careful consideration, society should understand their pursuits and concerns and respect them. However, before candidates make a decision, parents, teachers, and volunteer application tutoring institutions, adults around candidates should also take responsibility for the future of the next generation and fully fulfill their reminder obligations to ensure that young people understand what they will lose and what they will gain, so as to prevent young people from impulsively entering colleges with "self-employed" positions and then regretting that they missed the colleges and majors that are truly suitable for them. Of course, the opposite is also true.In the final analysis, if the scores allow, whether to enter a prestigious school or "enroll with a transfer", whether to study a major of interest or to pursue a subject that is conducive to employment, it is the young people's own choice. No one can predict the future, so it is impossible to judge right or wrong in advance.The key to the problem is that society should pave the way for young people to strive for success as much as possible and set up "road signs" to guide them as early as possible. The more young people can fully grasp the necessary information, the more they can eliminate the influence of momentary impulse, make rational judgments, and make choices without regrets.Written byBy Yang Xinyu
Produced by China Youth Daily and China Youth Network
