There has never been one way to get into the college entrance examination. It is the general trend to diversify the entrance examinations of famous universities. Which path is suitable for you? The enrollment grades, enrollment conditions, enrollment methods, registration time of

There has never been one way to the college entrance examination. Diversified college entrance examination has become the general trend. Which path is suitable for you? The editor has recently included , “More than 20 ways to go to high school in 2023”, . New high school first, high school second, high school third year candidates and parents must pay attention to it. The earlier you prepare, the more opportunities you have!

20 high school entrance exams with more than 120 high school entrance exams, enrollment conditions, enrollment methods, registration time, etc. are different. It is recommended that everyone must understand in advance. Let’s take a look at a summary table. More than 20 paths to admission are clear at a glance↓↓↓

. General college entrance examination

General college entrance examination is set by the Ministry of Education Examination Center or the relevant provinces and cities independently set by the main method of enrollment selection in ordinary colleges and universities in my country.

In addition to admission to students, sports single recruitment and other admissions, taking the national unified college entrance examination is the prerequisite and basis for other admissions channels introduced in this article.

Special requirements: There are no special requirements for taking the general college entrance examination. Candidates can register for the college entrance examination, conduct a physical examination in the college entrance examination, and fill in their final application for the college entrance examination. The specific enrollment conditions shall be subject to university admission regulations .

2. Comprehensive evaluation

Comprehensive evaluation enrollment is currently only trialed in some universities. Unlike the general college entrance examination process, colleges and universities separately publish comprehensive evaluation enrollment brochures, and candidates apply online according to the brochure requirements.

Comprehensive evaluation enrollment is also based on the candidate's college entrance examination scores, academic level scores, school test scores and other indicators, and then the candidates will be admitted according to a certain proportion.

Special requirements: candidates must go through online registration, college entrance examination, participate in relevant tests organized by the school, or campus open day and other activities.

admission process: brochure release → online registration → initial review list is announced → take the college entrance examination → take the school test → announce the list of plans to be admitted → fill in the application

★Important reminder: Shanghai New York University . The comprehensive evaluation enrollment of Duke Kunshan has started, and parents of candidates who are preparing to apply for the comprehensive evaluation are paying attention.

3. Strong foundation plan

Strong foundation plan is an enrollment model implemented in 2020. It mainly selects and trains students who are willing to serve the country's major strategic needs and have excellent comprehensive qualities or are top-notch in basic disciplines, focusing on enrollment in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, history, philosophy, ancient philology and other related majors.

Currently, there are 39 universities that have been piloted for the Strong Basic Plan. After candidates participate in the unified college entrance examination and college assessment, universities will synthesize the candidate's comprehensive scores in proportion based on the candidate's college entrance examination scores, the comprehensive assessment results of college colleges and universities, and the comprehensive quality evaluation status (of which the proportion of college entrance examination scores shall not be less than 85%), and choose the best to be admitted.

Special requirements: The enrollment process of the Strong Foundation Plan is different from the general college entrance examination. Colleges and universities separately publish the enrollment brochure of the Strong Foundation Plan. Candidates need to register online by themselves. At the same time, candidates need to participate in the school separately organized school tests.

Admissions and admission process: Brochure release → Online registration → Participate in the college entrance examination → Confirm the school test → College entrance examination scores → Shortlist announcement → Participate in the school test → Confirm the admission list.

4. Students who meet the requirements for admission are recommended by the middle school and pass the university test and can enter the university after passing the university test. According to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and other relevant departments, four types of personnel, including members of the national training team for middle school students, outstanding students recommended by some foreign language middle schools, children of public security heroes, retired athletes, etc., are still qualified to be recommended to colleges and universities.

Special requirements: Children of public security heroes can only be admitted to public security colleges and universities according to relevant regulations.

5. Three special plans

The three special plans are the national special plans for students enrolling in rural and poor areas, the local special plans and the special plans for colleges and universities.

★Important reminder: According to relevant documents of the Ministry of Education, starting from 2023, candidates who have been admitted to special plans in previous years will no longer be eligible for special plans to apply for special plans.

1 National Special Plan

Special Plan for targeted enrollment in poor areas is also called the "national special plan". The national special plan targeted recruitment of students from consecutive special hardship counties, national-level key counties for poverty alleviation and development, and four prefectures in southern Xinjiang... The national special plan is undertaken by central departments and a group of schools that mainly recruit students from local undergraduates.

2 Local special plan

Special plan for recruiting rural students in key local universities is referred to as the "local special plan". Local special plans target the recruitment of rural students from various provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) areas, and in principle, the enrollment plan shall be no less than 3% of the annual undergraduate enrollment scale of relevant universities.

3 College special plan

College special plan, also known as "rural students are recruiting individually". The special plan mainly recruits rural students who are diligent, studious and good grades in high schools below county (including county-level cities) in remote, poor, ethnic and other areas. It is one of the channels for the country to smooth the vertical flow of students in rural and poor areas.

6, Junior Class, Junior Creation Class, Talent Class and Mathematics Leading Program, etc.

Junior Class, Junior Creation Class, Tsinghua Peking University Talent Class, Peking University Physics Excellence Program, Tsinghua Mathematics Leading Program, and West Lake University Innovation Class are some unique enrollment methods for lower-grade candidates.

Currently, those who are enrolling in junior classes include University of Science and Technology of China, Xi'an Jiaotong University , and Southeast University .

  • Tsinghua University Yu Chengtong Mathematics Science Leading Talent Training Program is mainly aimed at junior high school and high school students. Candidates who pass the test and preparatory course training can be admitted to Tsinghua University without taking the college entrance examination. This project enrolls students in the first year of 2021.
registration for mathematics talent classes at Tsinghua University and Peking University is generally started from the end of November to December every year. It mainly recruits second-year and third-year high school students with specialties. As long as the candidates pass the selection, they can be admitted to the first-tier university.
  • Peking University "Excellent Talent Training Program in Physics" (referred to as the "Peking University Physics Excellence Program") is mainly aimed at students from the third grade of junior high school to the third grade of high school. It will enroll students in the first year from 2022 and start registration at the end of January. The admitted students do not need to take the college entrance examination to be admitted to Peking University.
  • West Lake University Innovation Class will begin its first enrollment in 2022. The enrollment targets are second-year high school students and above in Zhejiang Province. Candidates must take the college entrance examination and pass the school selection test. Registration will start in March, and it is expected that the scope of enrollment will be further expanded in 2023. Parents of candidates who want to apply will pay attention to it.
  • The enrollment targets of junior class and junior class of the University of Science and Technology of China are students in the second year of high school and below. Among them, the junior class has a lower age requirement than the junior class. The admission brochure is generally released in September and registration begins. The attention of candidates and parents is very high.
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University Junior Class enrollment targets are fresh junior high school graduates, and registration is usually started around November.
  • Southeast University Junior Students are students under the age of fifteen (inclusive) and below. Compared with the first two schools, Southeast University Junior Students are relatively fewer.
  • 7. Admissions of Hong Kong and Macao colleges and universities

    Hong Kong and Macao colleges and universities are also one of the hot topics that college entrance examination candidates and parents pay attention to. Since 2011, relevant Hong Kong and Macao universities can recruit self-funded students in 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country. Mainland candidates must comply with the Chinese government's regulations on studying in Hong Kong and Macao; they must take the national unified enrollment examination for general higher education institutions that year. Most universities in Hong Kong and Macao implement independent enrollment in the mainland, and most schools have requirements for candidates' college entrance examination scores and English single subject scores.

    8. Three special plans

    01 Public demonstration admissions

    Public normal students are adjustments and optimizations made by the state in August 2018.Candidates apply for one of the six directly affiliated to the Ministry of Education, Normal University, ( Beijing Normal University, , East China Normal University, Northeast Normal University, Central China Normal University, Shaanxi Normal University, Southwest University, ) and conditionally receive public-funded normal education.

    The tuition and accommodation fees for this type of student during school, and living allowances are also issued, but students must teach in designated primary and secondary schools after graduation.

    New " Implementation Measures for Public Education of Normal University Students of Normal University Directly Under the Ministry of Education " will adjust the length of teaching service to perform the contract from the original 10 years to for more than 26 years. At the same time, it is stipulated that public-funded normal students working in urban schools should serve in rural compulsory education schools for at least one year.

    02 Excellent Teacher Plan

    Excellent Teacher Plan is the full name of "Targeted Training of Excellent Teachers in Underdeveloped Regions in the Central and Western China". It is a special project for targeted training of about 10,000 outstanding teachers in the national general undergraduate enrollment plan every year. Normal universities and local normal colleges directly under the Ministry of Education undertake the enrollment and training tasks. It adopts the method of exempting tuition fees, exempting accommodation fees and subsidizing living expenses during school study periods to target a group of outstanding teachers for poverty-stricken counties (formerly concentrated and contiguous poverty-stricken counties, key counties for national poverty alleviation and development work) and land border counties in the central and western regions.

    "Good Teacher Plan" is divided into the national "Good Teacher Plan" and the local "Good Teacher Plan". The national "Good Teacher Plan" is undertaken by Beijing Normal University, East China Normal University, Central China Normal University, Northeast Normal University, Shaanxi Normal University, and Southwest University, and 36 normal universities directly under the Ministry of Education, and local excellent teacher plans are undertaken by provincial universities. It is not necessarily all normal colleges, and there are differences between provinces.

    Candidates applying for the Excellent Teacher Program must take the National Unified College Entrance Examination of the year and be admitted in the undergraduate early batch. The admitted candidates must sign an agreement with the training school and the provincial education administrative department of the province where the student is located, and the rural revitalization work department, promising to go to the county primary and secondary schools where the student is located to teach for at least 6 years after graduation.

    9. Free medical students

    Since 2010, some higher medical schools across the country have recruited National free medical students , focusing on targeted training of talents engaged in general medical and health institutions in township health centers and below.

    Free medical students are divided into 5-year undergraduate and 3-year junior college, with 5-year undergraduate as the main one. The training majors are clinical medicine and traditional Chinese medicine. After 5 or 3 years of training, they should obtain the corresponding academic qualifications and degrees in accordance with regulations. Those who cannot graduate normally must refund the exemption of education fees they have enjoyed according to regulations.

    All candidates who apply for the free medical targeted enrollment plan must participate in the national unified college entrance examination, implement separate volunteers, set up separate batches, and separate markings, and be admitted in advance batches.

    0. Pilot recruitment

    is mainly divided into three categories: Air Force, Navy and Civil Aviation. The Air Force and Navy recruit flight cadets and are an integral part of military academies' enrollment and officer training. According to previous years' arrangements, it is expected that the pilot admission brochure will be announced in October.

    01 Air Force Recruitment

    Air Force recruits high school students and flight cadets, including four stages: primary election, cultural test, re-selection and final selection. After the recruited high school flight students are admitted to Air Force Aviation University , a three-month inspection period will be implemented. Those who pass the examination will obtain academic qualifications and Military qualifications. Specifically, we adopt the military higher education model (four-year system) and the "3+1" joint training model of military and local governments.

    Admissions and admission process: Registration → Primary Selection → Selection → Political Review → College Entrance Examination → Selection → Volunteer Application → Admission

    02 Navy Recruitment

    Navy recruitment high school pilots include the third-level selection of preliminary examination, comprehensive examination, and designated admission. The admitted high school flight students will be admitted to the Naval Aviation University and will be subject to a three-month inspection period. Those who pass the examination will obtain academic and military status. Flying students with dual academic qualifications are trained at Peking University, Tsinghua University and Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics .

    Admissions and admission process: Registration → Pre-select → Comprehensive testing → College Entrance Examination → Selection → Volunteer Application → Admission

    03 Civil Aviation Flight Recruitment

    Civil Aviation Flight Recruitment means civil aviation companies (such as Air China, China Eastern Airlines , China Southern Airlines , etc.) entrust ordinary universities (such as Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Civil Aviation University , etc.) to train flight students and learn flight technology major.

    Admissions and admission process: Registration → Initial Examination Interview → Physical Examination and Flying Occupational Psychology Test → Confirm the valid flight recruitment application → Background investigation → College Entrance Examination → Admissions

    . Admissions for military, armed police force colleges and public security colleges

    Admissions for military and armed police force colleges generally refer to students studying in military colleges. During his time at school, he enjoyed military treatment and calculated military service . After graduation, he arranged work directly to the army. According to the different job positions, it was divided into command and non-command categories.

    Public security college enrollment is a special enrollment model set by the state in response to the training goals and selection requirements of police professionals. Including enrollment of general public security colleges (including enrollment of targeted training of special public security professionals) and enrollment of active public security colleges.

    Special requirements: The enrollment of these three types of colleges and universities has clear restrictions on the age of candidates. In addition, candidates who are online need to participate in the interview, military inspection, , political review or physical fitness test in accordance with regulations.

    2. Targeted training of sergeants

    Targeted training of sergeants is what we used to call targeted training of non-commissioned officers. It refers to full-time college students who directly recruit sergeants from non-military departments, selected through the unified examination of enrollment of ordinary colleges and universities across the country, rely on targeted training of ordinary colleges and universities, and directly supplemented with the corresponding professional and technical sergeant positions of the army after graduation.

    That is to say, targeted student was determined to go to the army to serve as a sergeant after graduation. Currently, all targeted students are higher vocational (junior) higher vocational students. After targeted students complete the corresponding courses in the 2.5 academic year and complete the required credits, they will organize enlistment internships in the next 0.5 academic year, including enlistment training and pre-job training, which will be responsible for the recruitment troops.

    targeted training sergeants enjoy tuition compensation and national student loan compensation after joining the army. The standard is that each junior college student shall not exceed 12,000 yuan per year.

    2022 is the first targeted recruitment of sergeants after the implementation of the sergeant system. From the " targeted training for direct recruitment of non-commissioned officers in " in 2012 to this year's "targeted training of sergeants", the number of training universities has grown from 11 in 2012 to 48, and the number of enrollment provinces has also increased from 7 to 17.

    3. Admissions for navigation majors

    Navigation majors mainly include three majors: navigation technology, turbine engineering and ship electronic and electrical engineering. The navigation major is mainly set up in maritime colleges.

    There are some special requirements for applying for navigation and general undergraduate majors, which are mainly reflected in: the physical conditions are extremely high and are not suitable for girls to apply for, and only a small number of girls are recruited.

    4. Art majors

    Art major enrollment mainly refers to the admission method of college art majors to pass professional tests (city unified test) and (or) school professional tests organized by provincial enrollment institutions, and selecting the best talents as art majors in combination with college entrance examination results.

    There are two types of universities that set up art majors: undergraduate art colleges and general colleges that set up independently. Professional examinations include two forms: provincial unified examination and school examination. In addition to professional examinations, art candidates must also take the general college entrance examination cultural examination and be admitted according to the principle of art major admission.

    5. High-level art troupe

    High-level art troupe enrollment refers to the recruitment of candidates with artistic expertise in some universities to activate campus culture and enrich campus life.

    Candidates can enjoy preferential policies for lower scores in the college entrance examination after passing the school test. Candidates applying for high-level art troupes will enter the general major after being admitted to colleges and universities, and will use their spare time to participate in literary and artistic rehearsals and performances.

    It should be noted that art major enrollment and high-level art troupe enrollment are two different types of enrollment, and are different in terms of major application, assessment methods, admission standards, etc.

    ★Important reminder: According to the Ministry of Education’s document “ Guiding Opinions on Further Strengthening and Improving the Enrollment of Art Majors in Ordinary Higher Education Institutions ”, the document states that from 2024, high-level art troupes in colleges and universities will no longer be selected from the enrollment process of colleges and universities, and will be selected and trained by relevant universities from the students.

    6. Sports major

    Candidates who meet the registration requirements for general colleges and universities and have certain sports expertise can apply for sports enrollment. Candidates applying for sports majors must take the provincial sports major unified examination and the general college entrance examination respectively. They generally have to go through the college entrance examination registration, professional examination, college entrance examination, and application application procedures.

    Candidates who are admitted through sports majors are not allowed to transfer to other ordinary majors after entering the school.

    7. High-level sports team

    High-level athlete are candidates with sports expertise recruited by ordinary colleges and universities in order to activate campus life, improve their sports competition level, and meet the needs of team formation in college sports games. Therefore, their application subject is liberal arts or science. After being admitted to a university, they study liberal arts or science majors. While studying this major, they use their spare time to participate in the school's physical training .

    The admission brochures of colleges and universities that recruit high-level athletes are mostly released at the same time with the admission information of independent enrollment and recommended students in each school in mid-October. Candidates and parents should pay close attention.

    ★Important reminder: According to the Ministry of Education’s document “Guiding Opinions on Further Improving and Standardizing the Examination and Enrollment of High-level Sports Teams in Colleges and Universities”, the document states that the enrollment of high-level sports teams will further optimize the enrollment projects, improve the performance requirements, strictly enrollment conditions, clarify the scope of majors, and improve the examination methods.

    8. Sports single recruitment

    Sports single recruitment refers to some colleges and universities approved by the Ministry of Education and the General Administration of Sports of China that can implement separate enrollment for sports training, martial arts and traditional national sports majors.

    If you are admitted through sports training, martial arts and traditional national sports, you may not transfer to other ordinary majors according to relevant regulations of the Ministry of Education after entering the school.

    Special requirements: Candidates participating in sports single recruitment must meet the registration requirements for the college entrance examination and obtain the sports technical qualifications of second-level athletes (including) or above in the specified events. The sports single recruitment implements a combination of cultural examinations and sports special examinations.

    If you are admitted to the sports single enrollment of the enrollment institution, candidates are not allowed to participate in the admissions of other general higher education institutions, that is, they do not have to take the general college entrance examination again.

    9. Ethnic class and Ethnic preparatory course

    Ethnic class and racial preparatory course enrollment plans are guided targeted employment enrollment plans, both for minority candidates, and they all enjoy certain bonus points during the admission process.

    The main difference between the two is that the ethnic class does not require one year of preparatory course, and the academic system is the same as that of normal undergraduate and junior college. The preparatory subjects in ethnic minority courses are not only for normal undergraduate or junior college teaching, but the candidates who are admitted should take a high school cultural course for one more year. The colleges they are generally other colleges entrusted by the colleges they are admitted.

    Special requirements: Candidates applying for ethnic classes do not need to fill in their application separately and are admitted normally in relevant colleges and universities in the same batch. The ethnic preparatory course admission is conducted separately after the admission of the corresponding batch of colleges and universities. Candidates need to fill in the ethnic preparatory course application separately after the corresponding batch.

    20, targeted enrollment

    targeted enrollment refers to the enrollment method that clearly defines the employment direction after graduation when enrolling. The purpose is to encourage students to work in rural areas and in relatively difficult areas. The regions that target

    are 9 provinces (autonomous regions) including Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang. Units with relatively difficult working environments in national key construction projects can also be targeted.

    targeted students can generally receive discounts on admission and tuition exemption. At present, most universities have basically stopped recruiting targeted students, and the number of students enrolled by universities that are qualified to enroll students shall not exceed 1% of the school’s annual enrollment plan.

    In addition to the above-mentioned methods of going to school, there are also some unique ways to go to school. Candidates who meet the application requirements can pay attention to it.The admission methods of colleges and universities are different, and the gap in admission scores is also relatively large. We should carefully understand the admission policies of each university and its province. It is not a dream to go to a prestigious university with low scores!