Top universities not be-all for students' futures

This year's national college entrance exam, or gaokao, begins on Wednesday. A majority of the students who sit the exams will pass it and enter a college, and the question now is whether they will gain admittance to a top university. For higher scorers in the exams enrollment in a top university will be a major turning point in their lives. China Youth Daily commented on Tuesday:

There are a large number of high school graduates but only a limited number of top universities. Only a few among the large number of examinees will get the offer to study at leading universities.

In 2015, only about 5 percent of the 9.16 million registered examinees were enrolled at one of the prestigious higher education institutions.