Record number of candidates to sit postgraduate entrance exam

She said she did not do well the first time around, and when she tried to find a job, she found she could not secure an ideal position without a master's degree.

"I do not want to miss the opportunity of an ideal job, so I want to have another try this year," Liu said.

Chen Ying, another previous graduate, said that some people thought graduates aimed for postgraduate studies because they did not want to work, but she thought that it was because they want to find the most suitable job with their higher education.