Suzhou University of Science and Technology issues admission notices in the middle of the night and requires students to respond within 30 minutes, otherwise they will be deemed to have given up. (Picture / flip from Weibo)
A recent controversy occurred at Suzhou University of Science and Technology in China. The school’s graduate school admissions interview was held on the 6th, but some netizens broke the news that they received an admission notice at 4:30 a.m. on the 7th, but the message required “within half an hour.” Confirm”, otherwise it will be regarded as giving up, and the student will miss the admission due to sleep factors. After the incident broke out, many netizens questioned it, but the staff of Suzhou University of Science and Technology said that “it is written in the examination regulations.”
According to Chinese media reports, the School of Materials Engineering at Suzhou University of Science and Technology in China conducted an interview for admission to the institute on the 6th. However, following waking up on the 7th, some netizens found that their mobile phones had received an admission notice from Suzhou University of Science and Technology at 4:30 in the morning, but the message read, “Please confirm the admission notice within half an hour. give up together”. It can also be seen from the screenshot of the student that the time at 7:58 on the 7th is displayed in the lower right corner, and then there is a big “You have rejected the pending admission notice” on it.
This kind of behavior of “taking advantage of others’ surprise” naturally made many candidates feel unfair. The school used this method to discredit the efforts of recruiting students. After the news was exposed, it caused a lot of backlash from netizens. Some netizens left a message saying, “It can be understood as: there are too many monks and too little porridge, and I want to know how to give up voluntarily.” Give up or fail to get through, give up by default, or is the system not confirmed to give up”, “Is it true to confirm within half an hour?”, “Many times there are radish pits in this situation, I have heard of 5 minutes”
After the incident broke out, the staff of the postgraduate admissions team of Suzhou University of Science and Technology confirmed that they indeed issued the notice at 4:30, and all the interviews ended at 1:30 the night before, and then the teacher counted the scores to determine the admission list. A notice will be posted. At 4 o’clock in the morning, I will call the students one by one to remind them to ensure that every student will receive the notification.
Moreover, some media actually went to investigate the admissions regulations of graduate schools on the official website of Suzhou University of Science and Technology. The content clearly marked “notification reminder, transfer candidates who receive the school’s pending admission notice should log in to Yanzhao.com within the specified time (30 minutes) It is confirmed that the admission is pending, and it cannot be changed following the admission is confirmed. If the admission is not confirmed as required, it will be regarded as an automatic waiver.”
Afterwards, Mr. Su from the postgraduate admissions team of Suzhou University of Science and Technology said that the school has already learned regarding the Internet’s views on the whole incident, but the specific response and follow-up situation still need to be answered by the school’s management.
