You said you failed your college entrance exam and are now crowdfunding to build a university?

If she is accepted, her other three choices will be invalidated. If she is not accepted, her application will be sent to her second choice university for further evaluation to determine whether she will be admitted.

You'll be admitted to whichever university you're accepted into after filling out all four choices. If you're not admitted to any of your four choices, it means you failed the college entrance exam and didn't get into any university.

Therefore, when filling out their college applications, students usually include a safety school to ensure they are admitted. Their first choice is then aimed at top universities where they have a good chance of being accepted.

"Haichuan University." She took a deep breath and silently set Haichuan University's painting program as her first choice. The admission score for this program was 660. She barely exceeded that score, and having donated money to Haichuan University when it was founded, she enjoyed a certain advantage in receiving a lower score requirement. She should have a high probability of being admitted.

A study in an ordinary residential community in a certain city.

Wang Yi sat in front of the computer, with his father and mother standing behind him, both looking at him with concern.

"Since you've made up your mind, Dad supports you. Although Haichuan University was built through crowdfunding, its future achievements may not be low."

Wang's father patted him on the shoulder, encouraging him. As someone from four provinces, he had been bombarded with news about Haichuan University lately and was extremely familiar with it.

He even donated 2,000 yuan to the construction of Haichuan University. Therefore, he did not object to his son's choice.

Wang Yi nodded, logged onto the official application website, found his first choice, and selected archaeology at Haichuan University. His intuition told him that this might be Haichuan University's strongest program!

After all, such professional skills are top-notch. In addition, senior professors in the field of archaeology, such as Hu Zhengchu, have joined Haichuan University and become teachers in the Department of Archaeology.

That's right, these heavyweight senior figures in the field of archaeology have all been hired as ordinary teachers by Haichuan University! You should know that Professors like Hu Zhengchu would be at least vice deans in other universities.

Yet he was just an ordinary teacher at Haichuan University! This is enough to demonstrate how terrifying Haichuan University is in the field of archaeology.

"This year, the archaeology program only has 150 openings. I hope I can get in." After filling out his application, Wang Yi clenched his fists, unable to contain his anxiety.

"Ring ring—" Just then, his phone rang. It was his best friend and deskmate calling. As soon as he answered, the other person eagerly asked, "Wang Yi, have you filled out your college applications yet? Which university did you choose?"

"Haichuan University, what about you?"

The words had barely left his mouth when his best friend on the phone blurted out a curse: "Holy crap? You're from Haichuan University too?"

Wang Yi was taken aback and couldn't help but ask, "Did you also apply to Haichuan University?"

After a moment of silence on the phone, my best friend said with a wry smile, "It's not just me. I just found out that about 80% of the people in our class applied to Haichuan University as their first choice. The class monitor applied to the history department, the vice monitor applied to the sculpture department, Lao Zhao applied to the painting department, and the beautiful Liu applied to the archaeology department."

Hearing this, Wang Yi couldn't help but swallow hard, feeling a chill run down his spine and immense pressure. Eighty percent of his class alone had applied to Haichuan University! The competition across the four provinces must be terrifyingly fierce.

Then, Wang Yi suddenly realized something was wrong and quickly asked, "There aren't many people in our class who scored above 600, so why are they all applying to Haichuan University?"

Although Haichuan University is a relatively new institution, its admission scores are extremely high. While there is a donation-based admissions program, a score of just over 400 is practically insufficient for admission.

"I also secretly asked them," my best friend sighed on the phone, "but they said that listing Haichuan University as the first choice is just to show their attitude."

Wang Yi: "..."

Indeed, there are no score restrictions when filling out college applications. No matter your score, as long as you're bold enough, you can list Tsinghua or Peking University as your first choice without any problem.

Of course, if the score is not met, the machine will automatically reject the application, and there will be no possibility of admission.

"Those who didn't even reach the cutoff score all listed Haichuan University as their first choice?" Hearing this, Mr. Wang, standing behind him, also looked astonished. These young people these days are so frivolous. Isn't this just wasting a spot?

Meanwhile, students in the four provinces who have finished their college entrance examinations are busy with their college application plans, carefully selecting schools and filling out their applications, looking forward to starting a new chapter in their lives and going to their desired universities in two months.

However, the emergence of Haichuan University disrupted the plans of many students. They originally intended to apply to top universities of the 985 or 211 level, but Haichuan University suddenly appeared out of nowhere, fulfilling the expectations of thousands of students from four provinces, and was built in a very short period of time.

In addition, the promotional video went viral online, with over ten million views. After seeing the university life at Haichuan University, students changed their original ideas and unanimously chose Haichuan University.

Moreover, regardless of whether their scores were high or low, all applicants listed Haichuan University as their first choice. The number of applicants was countless.

"Although my score wasn't high enough, I listed Haichuan University as my first choice just to show that it's the university I want to attend!"

"That's right! Even though I won't get in, it doesn't stop me from listing Haichuan University as my first choice!"

"That's right! Even though I won't get in, it doesn't stop me from listing Haichuan University as my first choice!"

"I envy those who got high enough scores to go to the university of my dreams!"

"No way! I'm determined to repeat a year and get into Sichuan University next year!"

Quietly, a craze for repeating the college entrance exam swept across four provinces. Many students whose scores were not high enough... resolutely decided to study for another year, determined to get into Haichuan University no matter what.

Yenching University, Admissions Office.

"What on earth is going on this year?" Xu Yan turned on his computer, staring intently at the backend data, his face grim and extremely unpleasant. A day had passed since the application period began, but the application data for Yenching University was significantly worse than in previous years; only 10,000 people had listed Yenching University as their first choice!

As one of the top universities in the country, their admission scores are high, but there are still many high-scoring students nationwide. In previous years, at least 15,000 people applied to their university on the first day. But this year, the number has shrunk considerably.

"Where exactly did things go wrong?" Xu Yan gritted his teeth, frantically scrolling through the computer's backend system, comparing the number of applicants from different provinces.

It was found that the number of applicants in most provinces was about the same as in previous years, except for four provinces where the number of applicants plummeted by half. Only six hundred people listed Yenching University as their first choice!

Xu Yan gritted his teeth, finally realizing the problem, his expression growing increasingly gloomy. In previous years, due to the lack of top-tier schools within the four provinces, almost all of their top talents had migrated to other provinces for further studies.

As one of the top universities in the country, a quarter of the new students admitted each year come from four provinces! But this year, only 600 students from those four provinces listed them as their first choice!

On the contrary, the number of people who filled in them as their second choice has more than tripled compared to previous years!