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at about 7 a.m. on september 1, 35-year-old tang shangjun boarded the high-speed train from nanning to guangzhou. having taken the college entrance examination 16 times, he will go to south china normal university in guangzhou to register as a freshman.

tang shangjun's seat was by the window, and there were still water drops on the glass window. after the train started, he took out his phone to take pictures of the scenery outside the window, saying that his mood on this trip was a little different from before.

▲tang shangjun took the high-speed rail to guangzhou to study at university

the 2024 college entrance examination is the 16th college entrance examination that tang shangjun has taken. tang shangjun admitted that the difference between his college entrance examination score and his usual score was 20 to 30 points, and he was very entangled after the college entrance examination. in fact, he also considered going to school in the past two years, but he did not go because of the adjustment of majors and other situations. now, he has decided to go to college. although he still has some regrets and is not very satisfied, he is willing to accept it slowly.

as for why he made up his mind to go to college, tang shangjun said that it was mainly because he was already 35 years old and could not afford to waste time. he had to consider family factors. his mother was 77 years old and her health was deteriorating. his sister and other family members also advised him to go to college as soon as possible. college takes four years, and if he goes to graduate school, he will be 39 years old or older.

tang shangjun said that he was admitted to shanghai jiaotong university, which was already a good university, but he was obsessed with his major and did not study it because he felt that it was not suitable for him. moreover, he did not have the sense of urgency that he has now. after his score reached 600 points, he wanted to make another effort to enter his dream university, tsinghua university. he now thinks that even if he repeats a year and his score is 20 points higher, it may not make much difference.

on the afternoon of august 13, tang shangjun released a video saying that he decided to end his long high school life and go to college. even if he was unwilling, the regrets left behind could be slowly made up in college, and the dreams he had in the past could be pursued in college. he hoped to enter society as soon as possible and realize his own life value.

tang shangjun, known as the "repeater maniac", was admitted to universities such as china university of political science and law, chongqing university, xiamen university, and shanghai jiaotong university. because of the "tsinghua dream" or because he did not like the major he was admitted to, he gave up entering university many times. in 2022, tang shangjun scored 597 points in the college entrance examination and was admitted to the nursing major of shanghai jiaotong university. because he thought the major was not suitable, he continued to choose to repeat his studies. tang shangjun was born in 1989. this year is his 16th time to take the college entrance examination. he was admitted to the information engineering major of south china normal university.

red star news reporter chen qingyuan