# Low Gaokao Scores, University Admissions and the Tuition Economy - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2117840237787291703 - Source account: [@cuichenghao](https://x.com/cuichenghao) - Source language: Chinese (China) - Target language: English - Duration: 1:37 - Published: 2026-11-05 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/zh-cn/%E9%AB%98%E8%80%83%E4%BD%8E%E5%88%86%E4%B8%8A%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6-%E5%BD%95%E5%8F%96%E7%8E%87-%E5%AD%A6%E8%B4%B9%E4%B8%8E%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9%E7%BB%8F%E6%B5%8E.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy) If colleges don't admit students, who'll pay the tuition? Who'll boost GDP? [0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=3) How many times have I told you? College admission rates just keep rising. [0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=7) Look, this year in Tianjin, you got into college with 87 points, right? [0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=12) You got into college. Hey, listen… Actually, you could get into college with a score even lower than 87. [0:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=16) I told you, the lower the scores, the more students get admitted. [0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=20) If you score around 700, look, you can only go to Tsinghua or Peking University. [0:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=23) But if your score's a little lower, well, you'll get tons of acceptance letters. [0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=26) Come on, come on. Pay the tuition, come study here and pay your tuition. [0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=29) And the majors all sound so prestigious. [0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=30) It's the era of getting into college with zero points. [0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=33) Actually, that's already the case. You just don't know it. It's a negative- point system. [0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=37) What's a negative- point system? There are six subjects on the gaokao. [0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=40) If you don't write a single word, how many points do you think you'd get? [0:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=43) If you don't write a single word, shouldn't you get zero? Sixty. [0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=46) In these subjects with negative scores, the lowest score… [0:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=50) is still 30 points. Got it? They still give you 30 points. [0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=53) So if you don't write a single word in any of the six gaokao subjects, you can still score 60 points. Got it? [0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=59) If you want to study, you'll definitely get in. You absolutely can. [1:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=61) That's why college admission rates are so high now… [1:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=64) It's because they need college students, so you can get in whether you scored well or not. [1:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=67) Why do colleges need students? To boost GDP. [1:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=70) GDP needs someone to drive it, because real estate can't do it anymore. [1:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=73) So education is the only option. Education now means the colleges are opening, Now the colleges are basically opening for business. They're opening for business, So who are they boosting GDP for? Take a look. [1:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=80) At a college, when you pay tuition, who are you supporting? [1:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=83) You're supporting Old Wang at the library, and Old Li the security guard, Old Zhang in the cafeteria, and the toilet guy, Old Zhao. Old Zhao. [1:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=88) I'm telling you, as a college student, you're supporting the whole neighborhood, and the local economy. [1:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=93) If not the colleges, what else can support them? [1:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/twjBiDRZsjAt/en/low-gaokao-scores-university-admissions-and-the-tuition-economy?t=95) College students are the easiest people to fleece, the easiest to make money off.