I really just want to be a scholar

In the middle of the night of April 4nd, basically all the written examination papers have been reviewed, and the list of the top 2 master students has also been sorted out. There is a glimmer of light, and this kind of work does not even need the school's work assistant Chen Ya helped.

Because Qin Ke only recruits boys, and Ning Qingyun only recruits girls, the top fifty list is naturally divided into boys' version and girls' version.

However, the question bank of the written test paper for boys and girls is the same, with a total of five questions, each with a full score of 20 points, and the full score of the test paper is 100 points.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun carefully looked at the two grade lists, and no one could get full marks. The highest score among boys was 92 points, and there were two people tied. One was a student of Yan University, their acquaintance Liang Shaoping, and the other It's a student from Eagle Country, named Ruslan Baker, a senior undergraduate student at Cambridge University.

It is not uncommon for foreign students to apply for their postgraduate entrance examinations, because Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun did not restrict foreign students from applying for their postgraduate entrance examinations. Meet Qingmu University's postgraduate registration requirements, students from any country can sign up and take the written test on the morning of April 4 - as for the time zone of other countries, whether they can understand Chinese or English, Qin Ke can't control it.

According to the statistics of Qingmu University, although there is no special publicity for this recruitment, about 20% of the candidates are of non-Xia nationality, and many of them are from Princeton, MIT, Cambridge, Harvard and other international famous schools. Girls have it.

According to Qingmu University's self-satisfied statement, this proves that Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun are already extremely influential in the international mathematics circles, and many students from prestigious schools would rather give up the opportunity to study for graduate studies in this school than travel thousands of miles away. He ran to Xia Guo to worship Qin Ke as his teachers.

However, from the original intention of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, they still hope to train more outstanding domestic college students. Four graduate students will be given. Qin Ke will only give one place for the catfish on the premise that the foreign students are indeed very good. This effect stimulates the students of Xiaguo to study harder and facilitates the integration with the international community.

Looking at the top ten male students at this time, foreign students actually accounted for four, while domestic students only had six. If you read the top fifty list, it would be even more exaggerated. There are 32 foreign students, while domestic students only have six. There are only 18 students.

You must know that foreign students only account for about 20% of the total candidates!

It can be seen that domestic students are still not quite used to this kind of test papers that require the comprehensive application of subject knowledge of various sub-subjects.

The only thing that made Qin Ke feel more gratified was that the boys from Xia who entered the top [-], in addition to his friends from the former Math Olympiad who were already excellent in mathematics, such as Liang Shaoping, Sun Bingfei, Wei Yuyuan and other Yan university students, also entered the top [-]. Eight of them are students of Qingmu University, seven of them are students of the elite class of Qiuzhen Academy, and one is a student of the Department of Mathematics.

This proves that Mr. Qiu's talent education method is relatively successful, and Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun have taught Qiuzhen Academy for more than a year, and they have also played a great role.

In the girls' list, the scores are significantly worse than the boys' list, and the proportion of foreign girls is higher. Among the top 39, 11 are foreign girls, and only [-] are girls from Xiaguo, of which [-] One is from the elite class of Qiuzhen Academy, and the other six are from famous domestic universities such as Yanda University, Zhejiang University, and Aurora University.

Qin Ke was more interested in the list in Ning Qingyun's hands. There were fewer girls studying mathematics. This time, among the more than 50 undergraduate candidates, boys accounted for the majority, and the total number of girls was only about [-]. In the past two or three years, female students majoring in mathematics from prestigious schools have signed up, and there are two to three thousand foreign female students among them.

Qin Ke wanted to see if, besides Ning Qingyun, there were any girls in China who were particularly good at mathematics.

"Hey, this No.1 is a little level."

No.1 is a senior undergraduate student named "Liu Honglan". He scored 87 points in the test, and he can be ranked in the top ten even in the list of boys.

Call out the registration information, there is a resume on it, from the photo, it looks like an ordinary girl who looks very inconspicuous, wearing thick glasses and plain clothes.

I studied in the countryside for primary and junior high school, but only came to the city in high school. I participated in the Mathematical Olympiad, but only won the silver medal and finished last. I couldn't go to Yanda University. Later, I went to the Department of Mathematics of Zhejiang University.This girl is obviously very interested in mathematics. In addition to participating in the Olympiad in high school, she participated in several mathematics competitions when she was in college, including the Mathematical Modeling Competition, Qiu Competition, and the National College Student Mathematical Dream Cup. At the second time, I participated in the Mathematical Modeling Contest and won the National One. Last year, I participated in the Qiu Competition and even won the individual all-around gold medal. In addition, I once published an academic paper in the direction of number theory in a domestic core mathematics journal.

Considering her educational background in primary and junior high school, it can be seen that she is a science girl with a lot of accumulation and talent.

There is also a sentence in the resume: "I was born in a poor and backward mountain, and I look very ordinary, but I hope that like Academician Ning, I can go to the world's mathematics stage and show the world the beauty of mathematics."

Qin Ke asked Weiguang to search for Liu Honglan's information on the Internet, and found that many people on the Internet also paid attention to her excellent grades in mathematics, and some even called it "the weakened Ning Qingyun of Zhejiang University".

Qin Ke couldn't help laughing and said, "My wife, this Liu Honglan is better at number theory and partial differential equations, so he should be the most suitable student for you."

Ning Qingyun was also looking through Liu Honglan's information, and she was very moved. She has been paying attention to the project developments of the Qingning Student Aid Foundation. Naturally, she knows how far the school level in the mountainous area is compared with that in the city: "This girl It's not easy, as long as the interview isn't too bad, I'll do it."

In addition, there is a girl who passed the No.4 exam. She is from the talent class of Qiuzhen Academy. Her name is Sun Xiuya. After the operation, you can still see the marks left behind if you look closely, and because of this mark, she has never had a boyfriend so far.However, this girl is optimistic by nature, she doesn't feel inferior because of her appearance, she has a bright smile, she studies hard, and her grades have been ranked among the top three in the elite class for a long time.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were more impressed. In the thesis exam last semester, she submitted a high-level thesis. She only made minor revisions twice before successfully passing the manuscript.

"This Sun Xiuya should be fine. Her eloquence is good, her foundation is also very solid, and she is excellent in all aspects. She is considered one. For the remaining two places, I have to choose carefully, and try to choose another girl from Xia Guo."

In the interview process, it is important to say that it is important, and it is not important to say that it is not important. The written test can actually reflect the ability level of a candidate. More than half of the boys and girls in the science department are not very good at oral expression, especially in the mathematics department. Qin Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun have long realized that as long as the written test is good enough, they will relax some requirements in the interview stage.

Of course, if the written test score is not among the top [-], but the performance in the interview stage is exceptional, it is not impossible to counterattack through the interview.

Like Sun Bingfei, this time he only got No.7 in the exam, but this kid is very eloquent and has a strong comprehensive ability. Qin Ke thought about letting him occupy a spot.

The two looked at the list of written examinations for doctoral students. Among them, the No.1 boy was a student from the United States, named Dirk Hill (Dirk Hill), a graduate student at Princeton University.

"Dilke Hill...why does this name sound familiar? Where did you hear it?" Qin Ke thought for a while, but didn't remember it for a while, so he directly called up the candidate's file. When he saw the photo, Qin Ke finally remembered up.

"It turned out to be him! The IMO gold medalist for two consecutive years, the Asian who is particularly good at writing."

Qin Ke still had a deep impression of Dirk Hill. After all, the two had confronted each other head-on. The other party was a little provocative towards him at the beginning, but later they felt a little bit of sympathy for each other.In the IMO that year, Dirk Hill's score was the same as Ning Qingyun's, both got full marks, tied for No.2, second only to Qin Ke.

But since that time, Qin Ke has never seen Dirk Hill again. At this time, looking at the resume that Hill filled out when he signed up, he knew that Hill went to Princeton later and studied in Princeton in just four years. After finishing undergraduate and postgraduate studies, this year I just graduated as a graduate student. My supervisor is Andrei Okenkov. This is a Fields Medal winner. He has also won the Sloan Research Award, the Parker Foundation Award, and the European Mathematical Society Award. At the same time, he is proficient in many fields, especially a master of mathematics who is good at algebraic geometry.

Hill has received full scholarships from Princeton in both undergraduate and graduate studies, which can only be obtained by students with grades in the 1%.

"This guy is really good. Why doesn't he continue to follow Andrei Okenkov to study in Princeton and come to Xiaguo to take my doctoral admission exam?" The qualifications and status in the mathematics world can surpass those of the older generation of great masters like Andrei Okenkov.

Ning Qingyun was also surprised, but Hill didn't explain the reason in his resume, Qin Ke spread his hands: "Isn't it because you want to challenge my written test questions?"

With a perfect score of 96, Hill scored [-] points in the test, which is considered very good, but still a little far from perfect.

"Forget it, I'll find out when the interview is over. Maybe he came to take the written test just for fun, and he won't come to the interview at all." Qin Ke didn't pay attention to Hill any more, and he looked at the ranking of the doctoral candidates in the written test. After reading it over and over again, I saw that it was similar to the list of graduate students in the written examination. Basically, foreign students accounted for the majority of the top [-], and they all ranked high.

Qin Ke couldn't help sighing: "Xia Guo's mathematics education has a long way to go."

Both Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun have only two places for doctoral students. If they were admitted based on their written test scores, they would only be able to admit all foreign students.

No one from Qiuzhen Academy was shortlisted this time, because Mr. Qiu’s elite class has only been held for five years, and no one has graduated from a graduate school and met the requirements for applying for a doctoral degree.

Ning Qingjun clenched her fists and said, "No matter what, I have to give a place for Xia Guo." In the female version of the doctoral candidates' written test results list, only one female candidate from Xia Guo from Yanda squeezed into the top ten Ning Qingyun was a little disappointed, and she was ranked tenth, but she thought that it was because of the lack of talents in Xia Guo's mathematics field that she should work harder to cultivate better talents.

Qin Ke has figured it out: "I also think that for doctoral students, it is best to recruit one from Xia Guo and one from foreign countries. I have thought about it. I can't close the door connecting Xia Guo's mathematics circle with the international mathematics circle. We can teach Excellent foreign students, when they return to China in the future, they will also look at our affection and take more care of the students of Xiaguo. This kind of friendly seed will increase, and it will help Xiaguo's mathematics circle to enter the internationalization. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages.”

Ning Qingyun also thought about it: "Then it's decided like this. In this year's recruitment, foreign candidates will recruit one master's student and one doctoral student, and Xia Guo's candidates will recruit three master's students and one doctoral student."

The two discussed it and made a decision, but they still carefully reviewed the test papers of the top [-] before finally publishing the list on the test website.

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As the list was released on April 4, many candidates couldn't even sleep well, and stayed in front of the computer waiting for the shortlist to be released.

Liang Shaoping also couldn't calm down. Although he thought he answered well and should be able to get more than 90 points, but with nearly 50 competitors, including outstanding students from all over the world, Liang Shaoping was really not sure that he could stand out. .

The other three boys in the same dormitory were also fidgeting. Their answers were a bit bad, but they could barely fill in the answers, and they always had a glimmer of hope in their hearts. What if they got lucky and stepped on the line to enter the top fifty?

"The list has been released in advance!" Someone shouted.

The fourth floor to the seventh floor of this Yanda male dormitory building are all boys from the School of Mathematics. Anyone who meets the registration requirements has taken the written test. Many people clicked on the list of shortlisted interviews with trembling hands.

Liang Shaoping was no exception, his heart almost jumped out of his throat, the results of half a year of hard work and countless sweats will be announced at this moment!
When he saw his name appearing at the top of the list, Liang Shaoping was stunned, and then the huge surprise turned into heat and flowed all over his body!
It worked!
He... finally succeeded!

At this moment, Liang Shaoping was so excited that he almost cried.

Others may just think that Qin Ke is very good, and being his student must be very prestigious and worthy of showing off, but Liang Shaoping knows that Qin Ke is really super good, especially good at teaching students. Only when he becomes Qin Ke's student can he have a chance Achieve your own mathematics dream, and finally achieve excellent results that surpass most people!

"Shaoping is so good, tied for the first place in the written test! It's amazing! As long as there are no major mistakes in the interview, it can be said that it is almost certain to have a place!" Successful promotion to the interview is more about envy and heartfelt congratulations. After all, Liang Shaoping is a good person. He selflessly shared his handwritten notebooks with everyone, and his efforts far exceeded others.

Everyone sees these things, who doesn't write a big word "serve" in their hearts?

In another male dormitory two floors away, Sun Bingfei covered his face with a headache: "Ahhh, I only got No. 7. This time I'm a bit stuck. Those foreign students are really amazing!"

Wei Yuyuan, a former IMO teammate from the dormitory next door, came over and said with a disappointed face: "Bingfei, I was even worse. I only got 29th in the exam, so I have to fight again next year. Hey, it's all my fault for being too lax! I'm ashamed to see Brother Ke Forget it. Forget it, I won't go to the interview, so as not to embarrass Brother Ke."