Unwilling to go to a university or department not of their top choices, 373 local high school students decide to abandon the chance to pursue high education this year, today's Shanghai Morning Post reported.
Of them, 25 have their scores of the college entrance examination meet the key university score requirement, while 33 have scores above the ordinary university level and the rest 315 meet the three-year college score requirement, according to Qi Yongchang, office dean of Shanghai Test and Examination Authority.
Most of the students are not satisfied with their performance in this year's exam and don't want to go to a school not in their top favor, Qi said.
They'd prefer to take next year's admission test after another year of reviewing.
Expecting more withdrawal applications will follow, Qi called local students to be cautious about the decision and don't easily let go a chance to enter the university.
"After all, situation changes every year and it's not sure they will do better next time," he said.
Even though enrolled in a three-year program not to their taste, students can improve their education by a lot of means offered by the city's education institutes, he added.
According to the test regulation, students are allowed to choose three schools of different levels in their college entrance application before the test.
They could be transferred to a department or program of lower level, which usually has lower score requirement, if their scores meet the school's base line but miss the top departments or programs they apply for.
This year's college entrance exam went from June 7 to 9, a month ahead of the normal schedule of the previous decades.