Zhu said, “I’m fond of economics very much, and I want to deepen my knowledge of this field and do research work in future, so receiving further education is the priority for me.”
In 2003 there were 799,000 applicants participated in the examination in China, 27.7% up compared with the previous year, yet only 217,000 students were admitted to graduate schools eventually. Latest statistics show that the applicants this year increased 18.4% with a total number of 945,000.
研究生院继续深造
西安西北大学经济学专业学生朱晓锋就是这些想在研究生院继续学习的一分子。为了准备研究生入学考试，朱晓锋每天早上6点钟起床，晚上11：30才回来。
朱晓锋认为：“我非常喜欢经济学，我想强化自己在这一领域的知识以便将来做研究工作，所以进一步接受教育对我来说尤为重要。”
2003年中国有79.9万人报考研究生，比上年增长了27.7％，然而只有21.7万人最终拿到了入学通知书。最近的统计表明，今年研究生报考人数增加了18.4％，达到了94.5万人。

Study abroad
Compared with the busy graduates for job-hunting and examination preparation, still there are some students who enjoy a relatively leisure life. Wang Xinlei is one of them. As a senior journalism student in Shanghai International Studies University, Wang has had received the admission from Chicago University. Wang considered the media in the US fully developed, and over there she could catch up with the latest development of modern media. A master degree plus experience in Western media circle will redound to her career development later when she returns. liuxuepaper.com
Starting from the last decade in 20th century, a large proportion of graduates from prestigious Chinese universities went to study abroad. The advanced education system and favorable career development environment in Western countries attracted thousands of talented Chinese students year after year. Statistics reveal that students studying abroad from Peking University, Tsinghua University and Fudan University, the top three in Chinese mainland, accounts for 20% to 30% of the total graduates annually.
The high pressure of unemployment and low rate of admission to graduate schools make some college students consider that receiving Western education is nothing else but a good solution for their graduation.
One once said that young people nowadays are luckier than their father generation because they have the right to determine their own future, while another said that these youngsters are more unfortunate since they don’t know how to choose their future when facing more temptations.

留学异国
和那些忙着找工作和准备考研的人相比，还有一些人过着相对轻松的生活，王新蕾就是这样。上海外国语大学新闻专业四年级的王新蕾已经拿到了芝加哥大学入学通知书。她认为美国的媒体发展成熟，在那里她可以紧跟现代媒体的最新发展。硕士学位再加上西方传媒的工作经历将更有助于她归国后的职业发展。作文地带
从上个世纪最后十年开始，大批中国名校毕业生出国留学。西方国家先进的教育制度和优良的职业发展环境每年吸引了大批优秀中国学生。有统计表明，大陆的三大名校,北京大学、清华大学和复旦大学，每年出国留学的毕业生占到总数的20％到30％。liuxuepaper.com