Cai Yuanpei, a candidate who topped the hot search because he had the same name as the old president of Peking University, announced the results of the retest.
On March 26, the School of International Studies of Peking University released the results of the 2024 master's degree admissions reexamination.
After weighting with the preliminary test results, candidate Cai Yuanpei's overall score still ranked first.
On March 27, the topic "Candidate Cai Yuanpei is still the first major in the re-examination of Peking University" rushed to the first place in the hot search on Weibo.
According to the re-examination results released by the School of International Relations of Peking University, the re-examination score of candidate Cai Yuanpei was 64 points, 10 points lower than that of another candidate of the same major. However, because of his leading results in the preliminary examination, according to the weighted accounting method of 70% of the weight of the preliminary examination and 30% of the weight of the retest, his total score still ranked first in his major in the re-examination - scientific socialism and international communist movement.
On March 19, in the list of master's re-examinations of the School of International Relations of Peking University, a candidate named "Cai Yuanpei" sparked heated discussions. Because it happens to have the same name as the old president of Peking University, it also reminds many people of the profound influence of this famous educator, revolutionary, and politician on modern Chinese education.
After the unexpected popularity, candidate Cai Yuanpei did not respond publicly. Some media learned from insiders that he was a cross-university graduate student and did not study at Peking University as an undergraduate.
In addition, some netizens noticed that there was also a candidate named "Mo Yan" who entered the re-examination list. After the re-examination results were announced, Mo Yan ranked second in the Master of Public Administration program with a score of 85.04.
Netizen voices:
@小幸运1022 : I'm still wondering, isn't this the former president of Peking University?
@大白兔gh : He must have paid a lot to be worthy of this name!
@教育学徐影: Whether Cai Yuanpei is a principal or a student, he is so powerful.
@汽车视频: Is it too late to change your name?
@地主家也没有余粮啦喂: This ~ I don't study well, I'm sorry for this name!
Source: China Youth Daily, Red Star News, Southern Metropolis Daily
Edit: Yiyi
Review: Ouyang Lingxi