Academician's Question, University Mathematics Class Entrance Joint Examination

Time passed, and it was late August.

"How is your paper coming along?"

Xiao Yi received a call from Professor Liu Bin.

Liu Bin was more concerned about the status of Xiao Yi's paper than Xiao Yi himself, the author.

"It's still under expert review; it's not finished yet."

Xiao Yi replied.

"That's good."

Liu Bin said happily.

Xiao Yi's paper had been under expert review for two weeks, which meant there were no major issues with its fundamental quality. All that was left was to wait.

"You don't need to be too anxious. The longer the review experts take, the more they value the paper. It might not be a big problem for it to pass."

Xiao Yi inwardly grumbled, You're the one who's more anxious than me...

Of course, he outwardly said, "Thank you, Professor. I understand."

"Mm," Liu Bin said. "Also, I wanted to let you know that the assessment for your Mathematics class has been scheduled for August 29th, which is in 8 days. And..."

Liu Bin paused and added, "You should prepare well for it."

"Okay," Xiao Yi replied.

Liu Bin hesitated for a moment, worried that Xiao Yi was just agreeing verbally and wouldn't take it seriously. So, he reminded him again, "This exam might have some unusual questions. Many Academicians were involved in creating the questions this time."

Xiao Yi was stunned.

What the heck?

Many Academicians created the questions?

Although he didn't underestimate the exam just because he was already very capable, hearing Liu Bin's words for the first time made his mind spin.

He couldn't help but ask, "Why were many Academicians involved in creating the questions?"

He had checked the information for USTC's Mathematics Department before, and wasn't Academician Hu the only name listed in the Academicians section?

Moreover, why would they need Academicians to set questions for an exam like this?

Liu Bin said helplessly, "The situation for this exam has changed; all universities offering Mathematics classes are participating together."

Thinking about it, he didn't know where to direct his frustration.

It all started from the day Academician Hu said he wanted to personally set the questions to make things difficult for Xiao Yi.

When this news spread, it naturally caused a huge stir within their department. Their dean and several other leaders came to persuade him, suggesting that even if Academician Hu insisted on setting the questions, they shouldn't be too difficult.

Academician Hu was displeased, but he couldn't resist so many people persuading him. Thus, he could only agree to set questions that matched the difficulty of previous years.

However, afterwards, he told the Academicians from other sister universities, complaining about the rigid management of their department's leadership. Who would have thought that his complaint would attract the attention of Academicians from other universities that also had Mathematics classes?

For example, Shangjing University and Qinghua University had Mathematics Talent Programs. When the Gaokao results came out, they had considered trying to poach Xiao Yi from USTC.

Upon seeing Academician Hu's complaint, the Academicians from these two universities immediately stated that they also planned to set questions for their respective universities' Mathematics classes this year. As a result, when Academicians from other universities' Mathematics departments across the country, or scholars with strong mathematical abilities, learned about this, they enthusiastically responded.

Although there were few universities with Gifted Classes, many universities offered Mathematics classes.

Therefore, with fifteen universities responding, the decision was made for this year's Mathematics classes to have questions set by Academicians, with a unified written exam conducted by these fifteen universities at the same time.

Even the Ministry of Education, upon learning of this news, expressed its support, and it seemed like they were aiming for continuation next year if this year's event went well.

After all, mathematics is a very important science, and China lacks talent in fundamental sciences like mathematics. Therefore, the Ministry of Education was willing to support any method that could help select and cultivate mathematical talent.

After Liu Bin explained the reason, Xiao Yi was dumbfounded.

Good heavens, he was just… good heavens.

So, such a major event was actually triggered by Academician Hu wanting to personally set questions to make things difficult for him?

What have I done to deserve this...

What a sin, what a sin.

"In any case, you should prepare well. The syllabus has already been released, and the questions will be somewhat different from competition problems. Hmm... they've already created a QQ group. I'll send you the group number. The syllabus is in the group files."

"Okay! I understand."

Xiao Yi replied, though perhaps he didn't realize his tone had become a little excited.

If it were just a normal exam, he wouldn't underestimate it, but he wouldn't pay too much attention either, as the difficulty of such questions was predictable and perhaps even less challenging than the competition problems Liu Bin gave him.

But now, with many of the country's Mathematics Academicians setting the questions, and Professor Liu Bin saying they would be unusual, it was different.

Unusual is good!

Unusual means difficult!

He immediately became curious, wanting to know what kind of questions the Academicians would set.

Soon, Liu Bin sent the group number to Xiao Yi, and Xiao Yi joined the group directly.

The group currently had over 300 members, but more people were still joining. It basically covered all students who had applied for the Mathematics class. It was estimated that there would be about six to seven hundred people in the end. Besides the students, there were also liaisons or representatives from the major universities responsible for this exam.

The group chat was buzzing with a lively discussion about the upcoming joint examination.

Xiao Yi glanced at the messages.

Jingda-Chen Muhua: [Good heavens, having an Academician set the questions for us, isn't that intentionally making things difficult? The question types mentioned in the syllabus are too abstract!]

Qinghua-Jiang Long: [I'm crying too, this is terrifying! Are these really the kinds of questions meant for students like us?]

Jinghang-Chen Lue: [Hey guys, don't think we don't know who you are! Your names are on the National Training Team roster this year, right? If even you two are scared, then we're all doomed!]

Dafu-Xu Kangcheng: [Exactly! This is a disaster. I honestly don't know why they suddenly decided to hold this joint exam. Oh god, what if I don't get in?]

Seeing the flood of complaints, Xiao Yi mentally chanted sutras.

My bad, my bad!

He truly hadn't expected something like this to happen.

It really wasn't intentional, and it had nothing to do with him.

However, the messages from these students piqued his curiosity. Just how difficult could the questions be to make these prodigies, who were even part of the National Training Team for mathematics competitions, complain like this?

He immediately opened the group files and found the syllabus for the exam.

Upon opening it, he didn't find anything particularly unusual at first. It seemed normal enough, just three essay-type questions, and the scope of the exam was within the standard range.

But as he scrolled down, he froze.

They could actually ask questions like this?!

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