In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 22 How the Geometrically Difficult Harbin Institute of Technology Entrance Examination Was Developed

A wave of waves has risen again.

Principal Li, who just felt that the headache had subsided, suddenly felt the headache again.

Seeing that everyone was about to make a fuss about funding again, Li Rui glared at Du Guowang with a murderous look.

I really want to ask Du Guowang when the stainless steel screws in the metalworking practice workshop will be completed.

Quickly screw his mouth shut.

The competition among many department heads for new staff has affected normal work and this issue must be resolved first.

"Do you want to take Xie Wei with you?"

Then, the world became quiet again.

As for funding, there will be plenty of time to ask the principal for it later.

Excellent students are hard to find.

"In order to save time and train more outstanding talents, I think we can open an experimental class. We need to report to the ministry for approval for enrollment nationwide. In order to avoid trouble, we can directly select the best students from all over the school."

Li Rui's proposal made many department heads frown.

Experimental class?
What major is the experimental class?
"New students report for admission and conduct a basic survey, with mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology as the basis, taking into account the basics of computer science, aerospace, materials, mechanics, and other majors. You discuss the questions, and use English and Russian..."

"Suck~"

There was a sound of people gasping in shock in the conference room.

So much content integrated into one paper?

Liang Hongbin asked Li Rui worriedly, "It's going to take so many professional foundations to integrate them. I'm afraid no one will pass the test."

The final question in the college entrance examination mathematics is just a quadratic function, and the calculation required is not large.

Li Rui suggested that not only should we take more difficult exams, but we should also combine them with the school's high-difficulty professional foundation.

To give the freshmen a warning?

"In order to select outstanding talents during the exam, the school will allocate resources and focus on training..."

After hearing the principal's explanation, everyone frowned even more.

"President, it's difficult for graduate students to carry out projects, and freshmen..."

Yu Guofeng's face was full of worry.

The principal doesn’t know what the foundation of the freshmen is?

The others also nodded.

"It is undeniable that freshmen have poor foundations. Some of them have started working or have been studying. The exam is not just to select those with good foundations, but also to select those who are proactive and have strong learning abilities. Otherwise, it would be a waste of time to study the foundation with students with poor foundations! After the exam, some of the students whose foundations are not suitable for the majors they applied for will be adjusted."

Li Rui's words made many departments nod in agreement.

"Comrade Luo Yang from the Academic Affairs Office should take the lead on this matter."

The principal made the final decision and no one had anything to say. Only by understanding the students' foundation can we teach better.

Everyone left to prepare for the first entrance examination of Harbin Institute of Technology.

"Hongling, how about combining math problems with physics? I also combine math problems with physics."

After leaving the meeting room, Liang Hongbin called Liang Hongling.

One question cannot fully examine students' foundation.

Combining multiple subjects is equivalent to asking multiple questions.

"Okay, the questions you gave Xie Wei before can't appear again."

Liang Hongling agreed without thinking and also put forward her own request.

"How could that be possible! When I gave him this question before, I didn't expect him to be able to solve it. How many people in the country are like Xie Wei?"

Liang Hongbin smiled awkwardly.

If the entrance exam contains questions of this level, I wonder how many students will drop out.

"That's fine."

"Why don't we go to my office and work out how to come up with the questions?"

Liang Hongbin, who knew his sister's character, was relieved when he got the answer.

"What are you studying? Any slightly more difficult physics knowledge requires advanced mathematics. Can't you just start with the motion of celestial bodies with elliptical and circular trajectories? This can also integrate Taylor's formula, arc differentials, and curvature."

Liang Hongling suggested with a cold face.

"..."

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At lunchtime, Du Guowang went home in person to bring lunch to Xie Wei and also brought him review materials.

"Director, you and your wife?"

Xie Wei, who was preparing for the technology, looked at the worried Du Guowang with a worried look on his face. The couple had even gone to the extent of getting a divorce because of their fight for him.

But he really didn't want to specialize in mathematics, because that required talent, and he was just a pseudo-nerd under the test-oriented education.

"It's all fine with your teacher's wife. Don't rush into the project these days. You have to take a baseline test when you report to school."

Seeing Xie Wei's worry, Du Guowang forced a smile and did not tell Xie Wei that many department heads in the school were competing for Li Rui's talent, so Li Rui had no choice but to create a new major.

He didn't want Xie Wei to be under too much pressure.

The basic courses of the new major will be difficult professional courses for other majors!
What if Xie Wei gets scared and doesn’t go to college, but drops out to become his technician?
"Entrance exam? Reassignment of majors?"

Xie Wei was puzzled.

In his era, only some universities and some majors would conduct thorough examinations.

Harbin Institute of Technology started the entrance examination in the second year after the resumption of the college entrance examination?

"Yes. Here are the materials. Review them first. Wang Zheng will help you arrange the enrollment and relationship transfer. Then you can go directly to take the exam."

Du Guowang placed the thick stack of books in his hand on Xie Wei's desk.

"..."

Looking at the thick stack of books, Xie Wei's eyes widened suddenly.

What a fuss!

Basic chemistry, basic physics, engineering mechanics, basic biology...

They are all from university!
The exam is in a few days. Can I finish reading it before the exam?
What should students who don’t have review materials do?
Seeing Du Guowang's serious face, Xie Wei wanted to ask how the couple resolved the issue of fighting over him, but he could only shut up.

The entrance examination of Harbin Institute of Technology is definitely not comparable to this year's college entrance examination.

Xie Wei, knowing his own level, did not dare to be careless at all.

After Du Guowang left on his bicycle, he started reviewing.

In order to let Xie Wei concentrate on reviewing, Wang Zheng brought Xie Wei lunch in the evening when Du Guowang and his wife had not returned yet. There were three steamed buns and a lunch box of fried radish and meat, with quite a lot of meat.

Xie Wei wanted to give Wang Zheng food coupons and money, but Wang Zheng refused and said that Director Du had given them to him.

This made Xie Wei very embarrassed.

"Director Du said that if you are tired from reviewing at night, you can wash up and go to bed first, and don't wait for them."

After Xie Wei finished eating, Wang Zheng didn't ask him to wash the lunch box. He just took the lunch box and prepared to leave.

When he reached the door, he turned to Xie Wei and said earnestly, "Xie Wei, you must do well in the entrance exam."

"Ok?"

Before Xie Wei could ask why, Wang Zheng in the yard pushed the bicycle forward with both hands, straddled it casually, and crawled on the front of the bicycle and left the yard.

In the evening, Xie Wei reviewed until eleven o'clock, but Du Guowang and his wife had not returned yet.

Xie Wei washed up and went to bed. Not long after he woke up, Wang Zheng appeared in front of Xie Wei with a lunch box in a net bag. The lunch box contained porridge, two big steamed buns, and an egg, which was a rare thing in those days!
Wang Zheng didn't say anything to Xie Wei either. He waited for Xie Wei to finish eating, then left with the lunch box.

Continue to deliver meals to Xie Wei at noon.

It was like this for several days.

Du Guowang and Liang Hongling were both very busy. For several days in a row, they rarely came back to rest at night. Xie Wei could only review conscientiously.

On the 13th, the second day after reporting to school, Xie Wei was carried to school by Wang Zheng on a bicycle at around eight in the morning. Without even getting a clear look at the general layout of the Harbin Institute of Technology campus at that time, Wang Zheng took him directly to the examination room in the main building classroom which was arranged in Russian style.

When Xie Wei arrived at the door, he found that he was the last one to arrive.

Other students of different ages in the classroom looked at him.

"Hurry up and take your seat. The papers will be distributed soon."

Tian Yuan, the invigilator who was sorting the test papers on the podium, saw Xie Wei for the first time. It was not appropriate to exchange pleasantries, so he just smiled and said to Xie Wei.

"Students, if there is anything unclear on the test paper, please raise your hands and ask questions. Don't whisper to each other... We all know the rules of the test, so let's not waste time."

While handing out the papers, Tian Yuan gave instructions to the many freshmen.

Soon, the mimeographed test papers were distributed to everyone.

"Did you take the wrong paper?"

“Can humans solve these problems?”

“Oh my god, I can’t even understand the question…”

Xie Wei was sitting in the last seat. When he first heard the wailing of the students in front of him who had received their papers, he did not take it seriously. After all, the college entrance examination was too easy.

But when he got the questions, he felt terrible.

Nima!

(End of this chapter)