For fanatics in the college entrance examination, 200,000 yuan really can't buy the title of 985 For friends from old middle schools, the college entrance examination is a religion, so any major node about future planning will definitely regard this choice as a sacrosanct and inviolable way, so they will limit their vision to the two limited abstract choices of [remote second-tier provincial capital city 985] and [super first-tier city double non]. Let's talk about the conclusion first, I personally think that this blogger's guidance is only based on personal limited cognition What are these two options and the underlying settings behind them? It is the limit of the score of the college entrance examination. From the perspective of this engineer friend, in order to give his child the title of 985, he sacrificed the life experience and social circle of the first-tier cities, but he also wanted a good circle of friends and contacts to improve the child's vision, and even get internal referral opportunities and internship opportunities What is this implicit demand? One is employment competitiveness, and the other is social contacts, social circles and resources in society. But on a closer look, neither of the two standings of his proposition is valid, and there are too many loopholes in logic First, from the perspective of the direction of college entrance examination selection that is most in line with his logical orientation, Shenzhen University is the best solution. For computer majors, most of the core employment directions are Internet manufacturers, Shanghai is not the best Internet employment place, Shenzhen is, then Shenzhen University is a better choice that can be considered in terms of his college entrance examination score limit and budget constraints Second, from the perspective of his two choices alone, according to Lanzhou University's Internet giants, the competitiveness of employment and further education may not be comparable to that of Shanghai Shuangnon - In terms of employment, according to the 2024 data of Lanzhou University's undergraduate employment destinations, a total of 29 Lanzhou University undergraduates signed contracts with Alibaba, Tencent, Huawei and other companies; Although there is no clear number, from the perspective of the school-enterprise cooperation between "Huawei and University of Shanghai for Science and Technology", plus Shanghai's local bilibili and Pinduoduo, this employment competitiveness in Shanghai should be significantly stronger than that of Lanzhou University - What's more, now that academic qualifications are involuted, it is common for master's students to graduate and find employment. Strong data that 20% of ShanghaiTech University's graduates enter the top 10% of the world's universities every year. Even if the overall postgraduate rate is calculated, ShanghaiTech University (a new school in Shanghai, which belongs to the traditional perception of double non-one, but has a strong academic and scientific research background 👓) 84.3%, and Lanzhou University 36%. Of course, Shanghai University of Science and Technology may belong to a "value depression school" with a bit of poor information and cognition, and I don't know subjectively, but I always know it when I look at the data Third, if you consider the budget, the extra 200,000 yuan will be used for class travel? It's better to go straight to the QS 100... Let's take the data measured by AI as an example: - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST, QS ranking about 40), if the tuition fee + living expenses are a little tight, the total cost of 200,000 RMB is a bit tight, but it is okay, and HKUST is highly recognized in China - Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK, QS ranking about 50), tuition fee + living expenses, if it is a master's degree in computer science, the budget is 250,000 yuan, and you should be able to study it - The National University of Singapore (NUS, QS ranking about 10) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU, QS ranking about 15) have tuition fees of about S$20,000-30,000 per year (about 10-150,000 RMB), and living expenses of about S$15,000 per year (about 75,000 RMB), with a total cost of nearly 200,000 RMB What kind of students do these famous overseas schools prefer, please refer to the second point of Article 2, the data of ShanghaiTech University... All things considered, according to the setting of the original blogger, he hopes that his children can achieve employment and contacts by taking 985 at Lanzhou University and by living in Shanghai regularly every year to gain contacts and local resources in Shanghai, which is almost a completely unrealistic fantasy. From the perspective of employment and further education, if this is a child born in the Yangtze River Delta and let him go to Lanzhou University, there is actually no strong gain on his future life plan, and even most of the points will be reduced If it is the material for studying and taking the exam, and you are considering going to Qingbei to resume your studies, why not just repeat your studies for a year and work hard? If it's not the material for the test, why not just choose the QS 100 if you can afford it? …… --------- Overall, I don't think this blogger has much deep understanding of college entrance examination school selection, and has not experienced rigorous research and long-term planning and thinking about children's future The position I can say these words is based on my own personal experience, my careful research when choosing a school for the college entrance examination, and my plan for my own life. Opportunity cost, the thinking of the optimal path is implemented throughout my decision-making system and guides me to achieve my goals From the end of the college entrance examination, that is, after the age of 18, every major node in life should be responsible for yourself, and you can no longer be dragged down by anyone, this is growth. If you are limited by life experience, you may wish to ask AI to give some objective data and cases to assist in decision-making, AI is the best friend of human beings Many times, we will find that the vast majority of people's guidance on other people's lives, even their own parents' guidance on their own lives, is irresponsible advice without deep research, thinking and planning 200,000 RMB, you may not be able to buy 985, but you can buy more things that are more useful than 985