China's national college entrance exam, known as the gaokao, will take place from Saturday to Tuesday and feature several new ...

For example, many students choose their gaokao subjects based not on their own interests but on which subject exams will give them the best chances of earning high scores. After so many years of ...

Liang Shi, 56, scored 424 points in China’s standardized Gaokao test. Aspiring college students need at least 458 out of a possible 750 points to qualify for China’s university system.

A high score in the two-day “gaokao” college entrance exam is the only way to get into the country’s top universities, and most Chinese students get just one shot at the grueling test ...

Liang Shi, 56, has tried for 40 years to get a satisfactory score on China’s national college entrance exam, known as the gaokao. “I just admire intellectuals. I have been in awe of knowledge ...

BEIJING - China’s national college entrance exam, known as gaokao, will take place from June 7 to 10 and feature several new developments, including the roll-out of exam reforms in eight ...

The gaokao – a combination of the word “college” and “exam”– is regarded as one of the most important events in the life of any Chinese student. The exam consists of three mandatory ...

So far, 29 provinces have adopted the new gaokao mechanism. Under the reform, candidates must take three nationally standardized subjects — Chinese, mathematics and a foreign language — along ...