For the Life Sciences Institute, the annual examination of prospective students is also a once-a-year event worthy of attention.
At the grand and solemn entrance of the Academy of Sciences, an LED screen playing non-stop was directing the candidates towards the auditorium where the examination rules would soon be announced.
This year at Beijing University, including Xia Ye, there were a total of four candidates, the highest number among all schools.
Other schools with quotas generally have just one.
Even professional medical schools at most had two spots.
The students were accompanied by the deans of their respective departments, some even by the presidents of their universities.
Those from other provinces had usually arrived in Capital City two days earlier to acclimatize to the environment.
Prestigious individuals from the academic community gathered together, a spectacle rarely seen on ordinary days.
